As a result of plea bargaining, he would not be sentenced to death.
Recent Examples on the WebThat quotation came from Judge Jackson’s undergraduate college thesis, which criticized the plea bargaining system.New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 But as the legal system grew increasingly professionalized, plea bargaining became more common. Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Jan. 2022 In particular, coercive plea bargaining artificially lowers the cost of obtaining a criminal conviction. Clark Neily And Somil Trivedi, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021 Yet despite the drawbacks of trial by jury, the alternative—the ad hoc practice called plea bargaining—is far worse. Clark Neily And Somil Trivedi, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021 Making sweeping changes to plea bargaining, downgrading the emphasis on forensic evidence and eyewitness testimony, and reducing prosecutorial discretion have little traction among law enforcement groups and political leaders.Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021 Perhaps nothing contributes more to mass incarceration than plea bargaining.Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021 The case could resovle in a lesser charge through plea bargaining. Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2020 If a judge decides Stone’s complaint can go forward, the case could serve to shape the court system’s evolving view of plea bargaining. Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020 See More