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Section 5: Criminal Procedure, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2006

Section 5: Criminal Procedure, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

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An Inestimable Safeguard Gives Way To Practicality: Eliminating The Juror Who ""Refuses To Deliberate" Under Federal Rule Of Criminal Procedure 23(B)(3), Jeffrey Bellin Apr 2006

An Inestimable Safeguard Gives Way To Practicality: Eliminating The Juror Who ""Refuses To Deliberate" Under Federal Rule Of Criminal Procedure 23(B)(3), Jeffrey Bellin

Faculty Publications

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The Crisis In Indigent Defense: A National Perspective, Mary Sue Backus, Paul Marcus Jan 2006

The Crisis In Indigent Defense: A National Perspective, Mary Sue Backus, Paul Marcus

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Procuring Guilty Pleas For International Crimes: The Limited Influence Of Sentencing Discounts, Nancy Amoury Combs Jan 2006

Procuring Guilty Pleas For International Crimes: The Limited Influence Of Sentencing Discounts, Nancy Amoury Combs

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International tribunals prosecuting those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes face many of the same resource constraints that bedevil national criminal justice systems. Consequently, international tribunals have begun to utilize various procedural devices long used by national prosecutors to speed case dispositions. One such procedural device is the guilty plea. National prosecutors induce criminal defendants to plead guilty and waive their rights to trial through a process of plea bargaining; that is, by offering defendants sentencing concessions in exchange for their guilty pleas. International prosecutors who seek to engage in plea bargaining, however, face a host of …