Sentencing The Selfconvicted The Ethics Of Pleading Guilty Julian V Roberts Jesper Ryberg Editors by Julian V Roberts; Jesper Ryberg (editors) 9781509957439, 9781509957460, 150995743X, 1509957464 instant download after payment.

This book addresses the fundamental ethical and legal aspects, penal consequences and social context arising from a citizen’s acceptance of guilt. The focus is upon sentencing people who have pleaded guilty; in short, post-adjudication, rather than issues arising from discussions in the pretrial phase of the criminal process.
The vast majority of defendants across all common law jurisdictions plead guilty and as a result receive a reduced sentence. Concessions by a defendant attract more lenient State punishment in all western legal systems. The concession is significant: at a stroke, a guilty plea relieves the State of the burden of proving the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and in open court. Plea-based sentencing has become even more visible in recent years.
The book provides insightful commentary on the following questions: