A: Here in California, and across the land, a judge can reject a plea bargain in a criminal case. There are a number of factors that may result in the plea agreement being rejected: (a) A victim’s ...

The process increasingly resembles a plea bargain, even though no party is admitting guilt in exchange for reduced penalties. A regulator responsible for policing mis-selling now risks mis-selling its ...

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, says he has turned down plea bargain offers involving about ...

In a pair of recent decisions - Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye - the U.S. Supreme Court held that criminal defendants have the right to effective assistance of counsel during the ...

In a bid to improve judicial efficiency, the Lagos State Ministry of Justice is steadily advancing criminal justice reforms through its plea bargaining and district prosecutor schemes, a development ...

In response to my earlier post about the odious and reprehensible Eric Adams deal ("One Step Closer"), several commenters asked why this deal is any different from an ordinary plea bargain deal, in ...

A coalition of legal and civil rights organizations has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Bridgette Parden Mathews thought she had a deal with prosecutors to resolve her murder case. Then, it fell apart. Mobile County Circuit Judge Michael Windom on Monday heard ...