The argument of scrapping jury trials and using the plea bargaining system a lot more as possible ways to slash backlog in ...

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 ...

Sterling Biotech, an Indian pharmaceutical company, was recently subject to multiple allegations of loan fraud, ultimately ...

In 2006, George Alvarez was charged with assaulting a prison guard while awaiting trial on public intoxication. He knew he didn’t do it — the guards actually jumped him — but the ten year mandatory ...

In response to my earlier post about the odious and reprehensible Eric Adams deal ("One Step Closer"), several commenters asked why this deal is any different from an ordinary plea bargain deal, in ...

HILLSDALE — A Frontier man charged with numerous counts of both possessing and distributing sexually explicit material involving children is considering a plea deal offered by the Hillsdale County ...