Author Question: A child living in a car would not be considered homeless. Indicate whether the statement is true ... (Read 34 times)

clmills979 · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

A child living in a car would not be considered homeless.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Plea bargaining is a controversial issue. Evaluate the pros and cons and choose if you support it or not and explain your reasoning.

What will be an ideal response?

jharrington11 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

FALSE

Answer to Question 2

The answer may contain some of the following information:
A plea bargain is a deal made between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
The defense attorney, after consultation with his or her client, agrees that the client will admit to committing a lesser offense if the prosecutor will drop the more serious charges.
The client receives a lighter sentence, and the necessity of having an adjudicatory hearing is avoided.
The caseload of the court is thereby reduced.
Plea bargaining also involves dropping the number of charges a youth faces.
Critics of plea bargaining are concerned with its fairness.
Their fear is that juveniles who are innocent of any wrongdoing may plead guilty to a lesser offense for fear that they will receive a harsh sentence if tried and found guilty of the more serious offense.
Truly violent and dangerous youths may be able to negotiate a release back into the community when they should in all probability be placed in secure institutions.