PLEA BARGAINING - DIRECTIONS FOR CANADIAN REFORM

• NCJ Number: 35608
• Journal: CANADIAN BAR REVIEW Volume: 52 Issue: 4 Dated: (DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 497-576
• Author(s): G A FERGUSON; D W ROBERTS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 80 pages
• Corporate Author: Canadian Bar Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Canada
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE PRACTICE OF PLEA BARGAINING IN THE CANADIAN CRIMINAL PROCESS AND DISCUSSION OF ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.

Abstract

CASE DEMONSTRATING THE VARIATION IN PLEA BARGAINING PRACTICES ARE OUTLINED. DEFINITIONAL ANALYSES OF EXPRESS AND TACIT PLEA BARGAINING ARE PROVIDED. POLICE PLEA BARGAINING IS DISCUSSED AND THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PROSECUTORIAL PLEA BARGAINING TO THE PROSECUTION, DEFENSE, DEFENDANT, AND SOCIETY IN GENERAL ARE EXAMINED. DIRECTIONS FOR REFORM ARE SUGGESTED.