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Author Fisher, George, 1959-

Title Plea bargaining's triumph : a history of plea bargaining in America / George Fisher.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  347.72 F533p 2003    ---  Available
Description xi, 397 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-372) and index.
Contents Liquor laws, murder cases, and the prosecutor's power to charge -- The prosecutor's motives in plea bargaining -- On-file plea bargaining and the rise of probation -- The defendant's power to plead -- Judges and the power to sentence -- Social and political theories of plea bargaining's rise -- Explaining plea bargaining's progress elsewhere -- The power of plea bargaining -- The balance of power to plea bargain.
Subject Plea bargaining -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0804751358 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804744599 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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