Current rules in most US jurisdictions prohibit judges from becoming involved in plea
negotiations and limit the judges' role to reviewing a plea bargain once it is presented by the …

Early scholarship on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines focused on the transfer of
sentencing authority from judges to the Sentencing Commission; later studies examined the …

The dominant approach to evaluating the law on evidence and proof focuses on how the
trial system should be structured to guard against error. This book argues instead that …

Although there are many texts on the law of evidence, surprisingly few are devoted
specifically to the comparative and international aspects of the subject. The traditional view …

The criminal trial is under attack. Traditional principles have been challenged or eroded; in
England and Wales the right to trial by jury has been restricted and rules concerning bad …

Lengthy mandatory prison sentences in the federal system are under heavy fire. The basic
critique of these" mandatory minimums" is well known and becoming more widely accepted …

The article begins with the historical review of different attitudes toward bargained justice in
countries belonging to the Continental European tradition, and those belonging to the …

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The practice of plea bargaining plays a hugely significant role in the adjudication of criminal
charges and has provoked intense debate about its legitimacy. This book offers the first full …

The criminal process, my first thesis goes, is about truth. If one agrees with that premise, the
question of how to determine the" true" facts in the criminal process becomes critical. I will try …