Why Plea Bargains Are Not Confessions

Is a plea bargain a type of confession? Plea bargaining is often justified as, at its core, a process involving in-court confession. The U.S. Supreme Court's early decisions approved plea bargains as something more than a confession which admits that the accused did various acts. I argue in thi...

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1. VerfasserIn: Garrett, Brandon L. (VerfasserIn)
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