In many jurisdictions, most convictions result from guilty pleas. This reality means that most
convictions in these jurisdictions are reached not as the result of the decision-making of …

Objective: More than 95% of criminal convictions in the United States are secured by guilty
pleas. Our current understanding of the “deals” that lead so many to plead guilty is often tied …

Objectives Research has identified racial and ethnic disparities in rates of guilty pleas
relative to trial where minorities are more likely to proceed to trial, though little research has …

Though almost all convictions are the result of guilty pleas, little research has examined
influences on defendant plea decisions. First, we explore how attorney satisfaction and court …

Objectives The “shadow of the trial”(SOT) theory posits that plea decisions result from
mathematical predictions of probability of conviction (POC) at trial and potential trial …

Abstract In the 2010 Lafler v. Cooper decision, the Supreme Court equated the US criminal
justice system to one of guilty pleas. As addressed in this chapter, this is because guilty …

Objective: We examined how probability of conviction affects the maximum plea sentence
mock defendants will accept. Hypothesis: Relying on Prospect Theory (Kahneman & …

Objective: We examined attorneys' experiences, perceptions, and decisions regarding plea
recommendations in child sexual cases. Hypotheses: We hypothesized that characteristics …

Objective: We examined whether various plea outcomes—including sentence reduction size
(smaller, larger), type (traditional guilty plea, Alford plea), and frame (plea discount, trial …

Objectives Although the literature suggests wrongful guilty pleas exist, less attention has
been devoted to the false guilty pleas to probation sentences. We examined the plea …