SENTENCING PROCEDURES IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA - AMERICAN BARGAINS OR ENGLISH JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 36711
• Journal: Journal of Psychiatry and Law Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Dated: (WINTER 1975) Pages: 447-462
• Author(s): A E DAVIS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Federal Legal Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

ARTICLE TRACING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GUILTY PLEAS AND SENTENCING DEMONSTRATING THE EFFECT OF PLEA BARGAINING ON THIS RELATIONSHIP.

Abstract

THE MEANING ATTRIBUTED TO THE UNDERLYING REQUIREMENT NEGOTIATED AND UNNEGOTIATED GUILTY PLEAS BE VOLUNTARY IS INVESTIGATED, AND THE DIFFERING ATTITUDES OF THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COURTS TO THIS REQUIREMENT ARE COMPARED. THE SCOPE OF PLEA BARGAINING PRACTICES IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEMS IS CONTRASTED AND EVALUATED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)