W6 3a The following discussion comes from your week 6 readings. Outside research to address these issues is encouraged. I would suggest using the online library for additional sources of information and research. In addition, I would recommend utilizing the legal studies program guide.
There are various factors in making decisions to charge an individual with a crime. There are also stages and rules of trial by jury and rules of entering a guilty plea.
This discussion asks you to examine plea agreements and the trial process.
Please thoroughly discuss each of the following:
Discuss some of the reasons why a prosecutor would offer a defendant a plea agreement. Discuss your thoughts on plea bargaining. Discuss the constitutional requirements of entering a guilty plea.
What is the difference between a bench trial and a jury trial. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Do you think the prosecutor is given too much discretion to determine the charges placed on a defendant? Do you think the prosecutor is given too much discretion to offer a defendant a plea agreement? Discuss why and remember to support your position. https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/charging
Negotiating Justice: The New Constitutional Spectrum of Plea Bargaining
https://youtube.com/watch?v=y7thxae0AFM%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26rel%3D0%26cc_load_policy%3D1%26cc_lang_pref%3Den
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/interactive-constitution-grand-juries-and-the-fifth-amendment
https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/preliminary-hearing.html
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WfnPzgxHfPY%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26rel%3D0
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sM1eF_w-eHI%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26rel%3D0
