Virginia Governor’s Veto Exposes Prisoners Who Took Plea Bargains to Civil Rights Violations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 20, 2024, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed SB 334, a bill passed by state lawmakers to prevent prosecutors and courts from requiring criminal defendants to waive their Fourth …

How to Be a Better Plea Bargainer HOW TO BE A BETTER PLEA BARGAINER Cynthia Alkon* and Andrea Kupfer Schneider** INTRODUCTION You are a public defender or a prosecutor and have a pile of cases to handle in court today. All of the parties involved, including the judge, expect most …

Adversariality, Plea Bargaining, and Prison Population Growth - Evidence From a Natural Experiment, 2019 Adversariality, Plea Bargaining, and Prison Population Growth: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Angela Zorro-Medina1 Abstract During the two decades after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. promoted and sponsored Latin America's deepest criminal reform …