WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court on Friday quashed plea bargains that would spare three alleged Sept. 11, 2001, ...

A plea bargain is an agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant. Many cases in the United States end in plea bargains, and there are both benefits and downsides to plea bargaining for both ...

Benefits of plea bargainingDear PAO, My neighbor was apprehended while selling "shabu" on the street fronting our house. I heard that the investigator mentioned to one member of his family that the ...

Plea bargaining is part of the Judiciary’s broader efforts to reduce case backlogs and promote timely access to justice ...

The American Bar Association’s 2023 Plea Bargain Task Force Report communicates there are many benefits of plea bargaining in the criminal justice system, ...

As the Supreme Court rightly noted in 2012, “Plea bargaining … is not some adjunct to the criminal system. It is the criminal system.” To be clear, plea bargaining provides many benefits.

Former USC football player Abdul-Malik McClain agrees to a plea bargain for his role in allegedly orchestrating a fraudulent COVID-related benefits scheme.

Issue: Whether a criminal defense attorney provides prejudicially ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to initiate plea negotiations with the prosecutors where such negotiations would be ...

A plea bargain provides a degree of certainty regarding the outcome, allowing the defendant to move on with their life more quickly and often with a less severe criminal record.