Plea bargaining

Introducing a System of Plea Bargaining

For plea bargaining to be effective, it is absolutely imperative that the judicial system and its players operate with integrity. A judicial system plagued with corrupt practices cannot support such a scheme without introducing the consequential disadvantages that would inevitably transcend any of the potential benefits. Accordingly, any state considering the introduction of a plea-bargaining system must conduct a self-analysis and determine whether it could sustain such an initiative. The following chart provides some considerations as a starting point in this process.

Advantages

Criticisms

Safeguards/Principles

March 2004