Our criminal justice system simply does not have the resources to hold a trial for every case, so the great majority of criminal cases are resolved through a negotiation process known as “plea ...

This afternoon, I filed a motion for the Boeing 737 MAX crashes victims' families whom I represent in the criminal case against Boeing. As readers of the blog will recall from my earlier posts (e.g., ...

Families of the victims of the Schoharie limousine crash are continuing to voice their disappointment and frustration in the plea bargain process in the criminal case against Prestige Limo operator ...

In a pair of recent decisions - Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye - the U.S. Supreme Court held that criminal defendants have the right to effective assistance of counsel during the ...

Plea bargaining is back in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. For the third time in little more than two years, the court is being asked to decide the reach of the Sixth Amendment as it relates to the ...

Judge O'Connor agrees with the 737 MAX crashes victims' families that the deal's proposed corporate monitor provision "marginalizes" the court and raises other concerns. Today Judge Reed O'Connor ...

Criminals who may have committed grave crimes or even a chain of offences can by law get away with their misdeeds by pleading to lesser charges — all in the name of saving judicial and prosecutorial ...

In 2006, George Alvarez was charged with assaulting a prison guard while awaiting trial on public intoxication. He knew he didn’t do it — the guards actually jumped him — but the ten year mandatory ...

Mkonto was a sergeant in the South African Police Service (SAPS). He was charged with serious misconduct for the unauthorised use and parking of a SAPS vehicle. During the disciplinary hearing, he ...

Although the concept of the plea bargain option has become popular in Nigeria in recent years, a report by Tope Adebayo LP, a leading law firm based in Lagos State, has stated that plea bargain is not ...