The Plea Discount and the Time Penalty in Canada: impacts of the Guilty Plea at Sentencing
The plea discount (or trial penalty) refers to disparity in sentencing resulting from the decision to plead guilty or proceed to trial. It is often suggested that pleading guilty reduces one’s odds of being imprisoned or reduces the length of one’s sentence. While plea discounts haves been studied e...
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Language: | English |
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2023
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Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
Year: 2023, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-36 |
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