Defining coercion: An application in interrogation and plea negotiation contexts.

S Luna - Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Confessions and guilty pleas carry significant weight in the criminal justice system, and it is
legally required that these admissions of guilt be made voluntarily (Boykin v. Alabama, 1969; …

The innocent defendant's dilemma: An innovative empirical study of plea bargaining's innocence problem

LE Dervan, VA Edkins - J. cRim. l. & cRiminologY, 2013 - HeinOnline
In 1989, Ada JoAnn Taylor sat quietly in a nondescript chair contemplating her choices.'On a
cold February evening four years earlier, a sixty-eight-year-old woman was brutally …

The psychology of defendant plea decision making.

AD Redlich, S Bibas, VA Edkins, S Madon - American Psychologist, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Every day, thousands of defendants, prosecutors, and defense attorneys must make guilty
plea decisions, such as whether to accept a plea offer or proceed to trial. Most defendants …

Plea discounts, time pressures, and false-guilty pleas in youth and adults who pleaded guilty to felonies in New York City.

TM Zottoli, T Daftary-Kapur, GM Winters… - … , Public Policy, and Law, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
The overwhelming majority of criminal cases are resolved by a guilty plea. Concerns have
been raised about the potential for plea bargaining to be coercive, but little is known about …

Understanding guilty pleas through the lens of social science.

AD Redlich, MM Wilford, S Bushway - Psychology, Public Policy …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
The adjudication of crime by guilty plea has been on the rise globally for at least the last 30
years. Few countries, however, have accepted pleas to the degree of the United States …

Arrests as guilt

A Roberts - Ala. L. Rev., 2018 - HeinOnline
An arest puts a halt to one'sfree if and my act as prlude to a new process. That new
processprosecution-nay culminate in afinding ofgd& But arest and guilt-concepts that are …

Too young to plead? Risk, rationality, and plea bargaining's innocence problem in adolescents.

RK Helm, VF Reyna, AA Franz… - Psychology, Public Policy …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
The overwhelming majority of both adult and adolescent convictions occur as the result of
guilty pleas rather than trial. This means that convictions are often the result of decisions …

Overstating America's wrongful conviction rate: Reassessing the conventional wisdom about the prevalence of wrongful convictions

PG Cassell - Ariz. L. Rev., 2018 - HeinOnline
How often are innocent people wrongfully convicted in America's criminal justice system?
This question has been aptly described as not only the most basic question about wrongful …

Judges as framers of plea bargaining

DS McConkie - Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev., 2015 - HeinOnline
JUDGES AS FRAMERS OF PLEA BARGAINING Page 1 JUDGES AS FRAMERS OF PLEA
BARGAINING Daniel S. McConkie* The vast majority of federal criminal defendants resolve …

COVID-19 exacerbates existing system factors that disadvantage defendants: Findings from a national survey of defense attorneys.

T Daftary-Kapur, KS Henderson… - Law and Human …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: COVID-19 has impacted many facets of daily life and the legal system is no
exception. Legal scholars have hypothesized that the effects of the pandemic may contribute …