A: Here in California, and across the land, a judge can reject a plea bargain in a criminal case. There are a number of factors that may result in the plea agreement being rejected: (a) A victim’s ...

The Supreme Court issued an important criminal justice ruling on Thursday about the appropriate bounds of plea bargains.

Steve Goncalves was stunned over the weekend when he heard that prosecutors in Moscow, Idaho, had reached a plea deal with Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of his daughter, ...

Plea bargaining has become a central feature of contemporary criminal justice systems, resolving the majority of cases through negotiated agreements rather than full trials. This mechanism reflects a ...

President Isaac Herzog called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal team on Wednesday to join talks over a potential plea bargain in the premier’s corruption trial. Last month, Herzog said he ...