NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Plea Bargaining
Wednesday 14 May 2008 20:00-20:45 (Radio 4 FM)
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day.
Plea bargaining is ingrained in the US legal system but occurs only informally in our courts. What would we gain or lose by adopting a formal system over here? Should it be extended beyond fraud cases or might it lead to innocent people pleading guilty to avoid the risk of lengthy sentences at the end of a trial? Senior lawyers from both sides of the Atlantic discuss the issues.
