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Politics and Plea Bargaining
Victims' Rights in California
Candace McCoy
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.
Candace McCoy is Professor at the Graduate Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
Law in Social Context
1993 | 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus.
ISBN 978-0-8122-1433-8 | Paper | $29.95s | £19.50
World Rights | Law
List of contents
Note on Citation
Introduction
1. Criminal Procedure: Target of Reform
2. Proposition 8 Politics
3. The Internal and External Dynamics of Plea Bargaining
4. Testing the Impact of a Law Limiting Plea Bargaining
5. Impact of the Plea Bargaining Limitation on Court Procedures and Sentences
6. Impact of the Plea Bargaining Limitation on Court Professionals' Norms
7. Procedural Values: Proof and "Publicness"
Works Cited
Table of Cases
Index
About the author
Candace McCoy
Summary
In 1982, California voters passed Proposition 8, promoted by supporters as the Victims' Bill of Rights, on the initiative ballot. This work describes the political genesis of victims' rights legislation and the impact Proposition 8 has had on plea bargaining.
