Tag: law and order

  • Plea Bargaining: Part 1

    Plea Bargaining: Part 1

    This semester, I am writing a lengthy term paper with an assigned topic. Plea bargaining… sounds boring, right? Well, it turns out that perhaps more than 95% of criminal cases end in a guilty plea, with only a very small fraction of cases ever proceeding to trial. So whether it’s a good thing, or a…

  • Curmudgeon’s Corner: Trust Today

    Curmudgeon’s Corner: Trust Today

    Written by Sanford Begley Trust. According to research, our society is considered a high trust society. This means that if your new neighbor comes over and wants to borrow a pair of pruning shears you don’t think twice, you let him. This is made possible because our society is a high trust one. We do…