What are the advantages and disavantages of plea-bargaining?

Answer 1

Advantages

The Public: relieves an overcrowded jail system and clogged courts. Therefore reducing tax dollar strain

The Defendant: less jail time, less money paid to legal team,possibility of the death penalty coming off the table

The Victim: no need to be in court, where you are subject to embarassing cross examination to cut your credibility, and the defendant typically cant appeal their conviction, so you can move on.

Disadvantages

The Public: more criminals going free sooner

The Defendant: you can't appeal, nor can you have your chances with a jury

The Victim: you may feel justice has not been served, and you dont get a chance for the public to hear your story

Answer 2

the main advantage to plea-bargaining from the the defendents piont of veiw is that you may be able to get off on a lesser charge and therefore spend less time in prison however the disavantages of a plea-bargain is the forfiture of innocense

Answer 3

If you accept a plea you give away ALL rights you cant be heard Evan if they find out for sure you are innocent.your stuck.
watch out the D/A or prosecutor WILL scare you saying he will recommend the maximum sentence if you don't take the deal unless your crime was REALLY BAD like molester or you killed a gas station worker for 50 $ judges almost never give the max like 99 present of the time they don't REALLY if you go to trial and found guilty you still have endless chances to appeal brig back testimony, evidenced laws and so on look at how many people got out after DNA was accepted as evidence alone don't let them scare you go to TRIAL!!!!!!!!11

Answer 4

advantage : it speeds up the judicial process by saving a lot of work on finding evidence and preparing arguments, as well as saving the load of a full jury trial.

advantage : Pleading guilty usually gets you off with a lighter sentence than you would likely get if fully tried and found guilty.

drawback : some canny criminals, or criminal with canny lawyers get away with a comparative slap on the wrist.

drawback : many people, guilty or not, may plead guilty or no contest to be done with it and save time and money over the pre trial phase (and possible jail time then).

Answer 5

The advantage is that it alleviates the overcrowding of the judicial system. The disadvantage is that many inocent people end up pleading guilty to avoid a trial.

Answer 6

Advantages - frees up courts for other cases and usually ends up in a reduced sentence.

Disadvantages - reduced sentence that might not fit the crime and victim and or people may not feel justice has been served.