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Deal or no deal

By Skelly

From Iowa Champion:Where's my deal?(I)f you haven't heard a defendant or someone from their family complain about a plea offer in one of your cases, you can count the days you've practiced law on your fingers... There are certain things about plea bargaining that everyone charged with a crime (or their family) should know:1) There is no constitutional right to a plea offer...2) Each person's situation is unique...The State is not required to offer people charged with the same crime the same or similar deals...3) In general, plea agreements are only between the defendant, their attorney, and the prosecutor; judges are usually not bound to a particular outcome...4) If you don't like the plea offer, you can go to trial...

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).