Adjustments for Guilty Pleas and Cooperation with the Government: Model Sentencing Guidelines §§3.7-3.8

Adjustments for Guilty Pleas and Cooperation with the Government: Model Sentencing Guidelines §§3.7-3.8

So long as the federal criminal justice system is dependent on resolution of a high percentage of cases by plea rather than trial, there will be a need for incentives to plead guilty. Bowman discusses the Model Sentencing Guidelines 3.7 through 3.8 proposed by the Constitution Project Sentencing Ini...

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Veröffentlicht in:Federal sentencing reporter 2006-06, Vol.18 (5), p.370-372
1. Verfasser: Bowman, III, Frank O.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Criminal justice
Criminal offenses
Criminal pleas
Criminal sentences
Criminal sentencing
Defendants
Fraud
Government
Guilty verdicts
Legal reform
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
Plea bargaining
Plea bargains
Pleas
Sentencing guidelines
Trials
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Zusammenfassung:So long as the federal criminal justice system is dependent on resolution of a high percentage of cases by plea rather than trial, there will be a need for incentives to plead guilty. Bowman discusses the Model Sentencing Guidelines 3.7 through 3.8 proposed by the Constitution Project Sentencing Initiative for plea bargaining.
ISSN:1053-9867
1533-8363
DOI:10.1525/fsr.2006.18.5.370