Plea deals are a staple of the criminal justice system, with 97 to 98 percent of all cases being settled through such ...

PETALING JAYA: Lawyers have called for the plea bargain process in criminal trials to be made easier by cutting red tape, and for measures to give those accused of criminal offences a greater ...

in the plea bargaining process. All too often, the parties in criminal cases drag out negotiations, with little regard for the consequences of the delays on the victims. In an effort to address ...

But before the preliminary hearing got underway, Vince Fannick agreed to a plea bargain with prosecutors ... eventually charged Fannick with 151 criminal counts, including insurance fraud and ...

A senior lawyer, N Sivananthan suggested that a transparent procedure be put in place for plea bargains to work effectively and help in the speedy disposal of criminal cases. “At the moment ...