Examine the advantages and disadvantages of plea bargaining for ...

[karateprodigy]

Examine the advantages and disadvantages of plea bargaining for the defendant and for the state.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Consider the relationship between patriarchy, powerlessness, and crime. When lower-class males are shut out of the economic opportunity structure, they try to build their self-image through acts of machismo; such acts may involve:
 
  a. self-mutilation. b. violent abuse of women.
   c. drug use. d. the use of weapons.

[xMRAZ]

Answer to Question 1

Defendants may plea bargain to minimize their sentences and avoid the harmful effects of a criminal conviction or protect accomplices or confederates. The prosecution can benefit if the case is weak and trial is too risky; if arresting officers made a serious procedural error, a plea voids all prior constitutional errors made in that case; and if bargaining gains the cooperation of the defendant against his or her accomplices, informers, and codefendants. Plea bargaining also saves time and money when resources and personnel are lacking.

Answer to Question 2

b

[karateprodigy]

Gracias!

[bdobbins]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it