Federal assistance to State and local criminal justice agencies: hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 |
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... bargaining is that it is a device by which prose- cutors clear backlogs by giving away the proverbial country store . Before abolish- ing plea bargaining in Career Criminal cases , prosecutors should first attempt to verify whether ...
... bargaining is that it is a device by which prose- cutors clear backlogs by giving away the proverbial country store . Before abolish- ing plea bargaining in Career Criminal cases , prosecutors should first attempt to verify whether ...
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... bargaining . We did a study of plea bargaining in the District of Columbia and the results are quite surprising . We looked at the four highest volume serious crimes — rob- bery , burglary , larceny , and assault - and we concluded that ...
... bargaining . We did a study of plea bargaining in the District of Columbia and the results are quite surprising . We looked at the four highest volume serious crimes — rob- bery , burglary , larceny , and assault - and we concluded that ...
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... bargaining reduced drastically with 59 % and 1973 to only 6 % in 1974. Count bargaining fell from 18 % to 16 % . ( 2 ) Original charge conviction rate for Robbery I by guilty plea rose from 23 % in 1973 to 71 % in 1974. ( 3 ) The impact ...
... bargaining reduced drastically with 59 % and 1973 to only 6 % in 1974. Count bargaining fell from 18 % to 16 % . ( 2 ) Original charge conviction rate for Robbery I by guilty plea rose from 23 % in 1973 to 71 % in 1974. ( 3 ) The impact ...
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... bargaining , charge re- duction or sentencing bargaining . No case is dismissed without the approval of the Unit chief and every plea of guilty is reviewed by her . Consistent with the Unit's goal of advocating maximum punishment for a ...
... bargaining , charge re- duction or sentencing bargaining . No case is dismissed without the approval of the Unit chief and every plea of guilty is reviewed by her . Consistent with the Unit's goal of advocating maximum punishment for a ...
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... bargaining rate was 0 percent , the original charge conviction rate has been 95.7 percent . Why are Career Criminal Units important ? They are important in my judg- ment because they give the prosecutor adequate resources to be on equal ...
... bargaining rate was 0 percent , the original charge conviction rate has been 95.7 percent . Why are Career Criminal Units important ? They are important in my judg- ment because they give the prosecutor adequate resources to be on equal ...
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Page 18 - Just last week the Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures of the Senate Judiciary Committee reported S.
Page 51 - Moreover, the conscious exercise of some selectivity in enforcement is not in itself a federal constitutional violation. Even though the statistics in this case might imply a policy of selective enforcement, it was not stated that the selection was deliberately based upon an unjustifiable standard such as race, religion, or other arbitrary classification.
Page 49 - On motion of the defendant, to another judicial district when it appears that there is a reasonable likelihood that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the judicial district.
Page 61 - Federal Offenders in the United States District Courts, 1964" (Washington: The Office, nd), tableólo, p. 36, and table 25, p. 49. 106 "split-sentence" cases, with a probation period following confinement.2 The offenses of this group, as well as their backgrounds, were similar to those of many prisoners serving similar sentences in State and local facilities.
Page 23 - Within the limits set by the legislature's constitutionally valid definition of chargeable offenses, "the conscious exercise of some selectivity in enforcement is not in itself a federal constitutional violation" so long as "the selection was [not] deliberately based upon an unjustifiable standard such as race, religion, or other arbitrary classification.
Page 30 - IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FIVE WESTERN TELCON, INC.
Page 23 - The guaranty was aimed at undue favor and individual or class privilege, on the one hand, and at hostile discrimination or the oppression of inequality, on the other. It sought an equality of treatment of all persons, even though all enjoyed the protection of due process.
Page 32 - I have read the foregoing requisition and know the contents thereof, and the same is true of my own knowledge, except as to the matters which are therein stated on information and belief, and as to those matters I believe it to be true.
Page 23 - Hence the allegations set out no more than a failure to prosecute others because of a lack of knowledge of their prior offenses. This does not deny equal protection due petitioners under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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