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"The Plea Jury"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this terrific and provocative new article by Laura Appleman now appearing in the Summer 2010 issue of the Indiana Law Journal. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that it is time to reform the much-criticized plea-bargaining process by restoring the Sixth Amendment jury trial right back to criminal adjudication.  My proposal would incorporate the local community into the guilty-plea procedure through the use of a plea jury, thus solving a multitude of problems within the criminal justice system.  In a plea jury, a lay panel of citizens would listen to the defendant?s allocution and determine the acceptability of the plea and sentence, reinvigorating the community?s right to determine punishment for offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 25, 2010 (boomark / email).