Michael,
Thank you for your very important read, I found it quite interesting considering the you believe that plea bargaining may provide a way to rehabilitation. I mean after all, the processes by design is very difficult. Plea bargaining is to close to the adult court system, in order to achieve this idea, there would have to be a shift and separation from adult punishment and punishment toward the treatment of a child. If a juvenile does participate in a plea bargain in most states would generally be a waste of time. Because usually the notion of pleading guilty for a lesser charge is not possible because there are no variations in charges with certain sentences considering the circumstance. Thus, I must say it may appear that plea
The article, “The Steep Costs of Keeping Juveniles in Adult Prisons” written by Jessica Lahey states, “Juveniles constitute 1,200 of the 1.5 million people housed in federal and state prisons in this country, and nearly 200,000 youth enter the adult criminal-justice system each year, most for non-violent crimes.” Minors should not be tried as adults because their brains are not developed, they may come from bad backgrounds, and they have their whole life ahead of them, and their life should not be determined by the mistakes they made as a child. Juveniles who are usually 14 or older who have committed serious crimes are tried as adults and are put into adult-state prisons. This is inhumane and unsafe for the child’s physical and mental health. One of the many reasons that minors should not be tried as adults is because their brains are not fully developed, so they cannot make good decisions until they are older, far into their twenties.
Jury convicted on weapons possession but acquitted on possession of the trunk contents. D’s argued that the guns were in the possession of the girl and they did not have possession. D’s challenged the constitutionality of the New York State statute which allowed a charge of illegal possession if a gun was found in a car occupied by all individuals
The controversy of plea bargains go with the stigma of using plea-bargains in every court case. Plea bargains can be useful,
With all this being said, plea bargaining isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, regardless of whether "some plea bargains are unfair, but a fair plea agreement is constitutionally sound" (Lat). Because it's important to the criminal justice system, plea bargaining is here to stay, but that doesn’t mean it can’t and shouldn’t be changed for the betterment of all
The Juvenile system was first established around 1899 during the Progressives Era Reforms. The progressive era reform was the first system to actually try to reform juveniles due to the fact that they were being trialed as adults. Psychologist made developments with research on the psyche of the juveniles being trialed as adults not beneficial to the state of mind that some minors can’t comprehend at the adult level. The findings from the research that were conducted, made society change their views on the juvenile delinquency.
Plea bargaining should be allowed in the court system. This is because the plea bargains are quick which saves time in court. It also saves the expenses of the state. It is easier to just admit to the case to receive the lesser sentence. There also might be some added information that could lead to locating missing people, remains of a victim or kidnapping victims.
In conclusion in my opinion plea bargaining could be perfect for some people that have not committed a crime but the evidence against them is too much, and they know that there is a greater possibility that they will be convicted of the offense. In some cases, people get off easy and do not have to suffer like that
I do not think that the plea bargain lets someone off easy. While they might receive a lesser change they also are having the fact that they admitted to doing something taken into consideration by the court system when they decide on the punishment. I feel that it equals out in the long run for those who end up taking the plea bargain. In small cases yes the person might get off with just probation, but is probation was something in condensation then the crime could not have been that detrimental. They would not offer something like probation to a deranged murderer if they confessed to killing someone.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Plea Bargaining Plea bargaining is an agreement used in criminal cases to avoid a lengthy trial. Here, the prosecutor and the defendant work together to agree with each other, instead of taking the litigation to a jury. It often includes things like pleaing to a lesser charge and pleaing guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. It is highly common in the US, where many cases are settled through plea bargains than by trials.
We have seen today in society of how crime rates have been rampant and how statistics show that most of the crimes were being made by minors. I believe that when most of them look at the bottom of these young offenders come disproportionately from impoverished single-parent homes that are located in the neighbourhoods desinvertido and have high rates of learning disabilities, mental health, and substance abuse and problems with the help of the system of juvenile justice that can make a great return on a successful transition to adulthood. Their ages ranged from 20 and under, most are under fifteen years of age. Juveniles tried as adults must assume the same consequences as any other criminal and are subject to state prisons with inmates much higher and that have probably committed crimes much more tortuous then you could ever have. These minors between the ages of nine to twenty according to the offence committed or of the number of times that are prosecuted and believe that it is immutable.
The juvenile system is a ¨far cry¨ from justice (Estudillo). There have been many cases where minors are getting away with crimes that if they were tried as adults then they would pay the consequences for their crime. No amount of rehabilitation will help the minors, they will continue to do crimes as soon as they get out of the juvenile system. People should be worried about this issue because people of this world cannot let crimes go without the proper punishment. The victim's family will feel that they were treated the way that they should have been.
Plea bargaining is said to be the most critical process in the criminal justice system. A Plea Bargain is a practice whereby the acussed forgoes his right to plead not guilty and demand full trial and instead uses a right to bargain for benefit. This benefit is usually related to charge or sentence. In other words, Plea Bargaining refers to a process where the accused’s plea of guilty has been bargained for and some consideration has been received for it. A plea bargain is derogation from the concept that a judge can only decide the sentence after hearing in an open Court.
There are many children who recommit the crime after they are released from juvenile detention, and the ones released from jail are less likely to the crimes they did before. If the children are tried in adult court they are more likely to be sentenced to periods of incarceration. If a child is tried in adult court or in criminal court depends on what the crime was and how old the person offending was. The children who commit serious that aren’t tried in criminal court often reoffend and end up back where they were
Can you imagine waking up behind closed walls and bars? Waking up to see your inmate who is a 45-year-old bank robber and you are a 14-year-old minor who made a big mistake. This is why minors who have committed crimes should not be treated the same as adults. Some reasons are because the consequences given to minors in adult court would impact a minor’s life in a negative way. If a minor is tried through a juvenile court, they have a greater chance of rehabilitation.
(1994). JUVENILE OFFENDERS: WHAT WORKS? A Summary of Research