Chairman Wontumi has initiated plea negotiations in the criminal case in which he and two others are accused of defrauding ...

Kubi, Lawyer for Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as ...

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 ...

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Behind the constitutional guarantee of trial by jury lies a shadowy reality of American criminal justice: the vast majority of federal criminal cases never reach a courtroom. Instead, they end in plea ...

Daily Non-Capital Plea Bargain Hearings for the Kampala Metropolitan Area are underway at the Judicial Training Institute (JTI), as the Judiciary intensifies efforts to decongest prisons and speed up ...

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 ...

Ohio Supreme Court candidate Judge Michael P. Donnelly is frustrated with a legal system that allows what he essentially calls “factually baseless plea agreements.” The judicial candidate was in ...

Kentucky Public Advocate Damon Preston (left) and Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney Kimberly Baird (right) discuss issues around plea deals in Kentucky. Ryan Hermens and Marcus Dorsey Photo of Damon ...