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Pros And Cons Of Plea Bargaining

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Review: Plea bargaining is the practice where a prosecutor and a criminal defendant agree on a disposition of a criminal case, subject to court approval. It can determine a case without a trial and it commonly used. The Attorney General of Alaska, Arum Gross, wanted to change this frequently used process of plea bargaining. On July 3, 1975, he issued written instructions forbidding all district attorneys and their assistants from engaging in plea bargaining. Purpose: One of the purposes of the ban on plea bargaining was to create a justice system where individuals could be properly charged, tried and sentenced. Another reason was to set the roles of each level, police should investigate, prosecutors try the case and judges decide the sentence.

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