Plea Bargaining and Agreement in the Criminal Process

Plea Bargaining and Agreement in the Criminal Process

List of Content

I. Introduction

II Plea bargaining in Australia, England and the United States

1. Short outline of the criminal process

2. Forms of plea bargaining

3. Why plea bargaining?

4. Disavantages and dangers

5. Attitudes towards plea bargaining

III. Plea bargaining in Germany

1. Short outline of the German criminal process

2. Forms of agreements

3. Why plea bargaining in Germany?

4. Disavantages and dangers - the German perspective

IV. Final considerations and coment and similarities

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