Politics and Plea Bargaining: Victims' Rights in California (Law in Social Context) - Softcover

McCoy, Candace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812214331 ISBN 13: 9780812214338

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993

Synopsis

In 1982, California voters passed Proposition 8, promoted by supporters as the Victims' Bill of Rights, on the initiative ballot. In Politics and Plea Bargaining, Candace McCoy describes the political genesis of victims' rights legislation and the impact Proposition 8 has had on plea bargaining.

Placing Proposition 8 in the context of earlier efforts to reform plea bargaining, McCoy explores the meaning of due process in the criminal courts. Emphasizing the concept of "publicness," the book suggests changes that would open the justice system to more public observation and explanation.

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About the Author

Candace McCoy is Professor at the Graduate Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812214331
• ISBN 13: 9780812214338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248