Unit 6 Assessment

Question 3

1.  

   Helps the prosecutor dispose of a busy caseload

   Contributes to courtroom inefficiency

   Benefits the defendant by providing a reduction in charges and/or favorable sentencing recommendation

   Decides the defendant’s guilt without having a trial

   Can coerce an innocent individual to plead guilty

   Benefits the victim who does not wish to testify at trial

   Saves on judicial resources by avoiding the costs of going to trial

   Behooves the prosecutor to choose the most serious charge from which to begin bargaining