The mischief of plea bargaining and sentencing rewards. Arguments for and against a reduction in sentence for a guilty plea

Academic Paper from the year 2012 in the subject Law - Criminal process, Criminology, Law Enforcement, grade: 2.1, City University London (The City law School), course: LLM Criminal Litigation, language: English, abstract: This essay will begin by critically examining the arguments both for and against the discount. In first considering the arguments in favour of the reduction it shall clearly set...