Plea Bargains Are They Really Effective? What do we know about crime and punishment? We know that a person who made a crime had to be punished. Somebody can say that such methods of justice are archaic Nowadays exists far more interesting and intricate ways for justice to be done. Courts and laws, and lawyers help to justify people. Sometimes they help even if the person is guilty. And sometimes plea bargain is used. With the help of Victoria E. Freile, staff writer, and her marvelous article I will try to understand the real value of plea bargain. In her article Victoria E. Freile describes briefly few cases of arson.
(September 28, 2005) GREECE Greece police charged three men on suspicion of starting a fire in a vacant single-family home on Summer Lane on Monday. (Victoria E. Freile) But the most intriguing think is that one of those three men is on parole for setting fire to school in 2001. Karl Kernaghan, 22, of Greece, is on parole for third-degree arson and had been convicted of intentionally setting fire to Buckman Heights Elementary School in Greece in May 2001, said Greece Police Lt. Stephen Wise. He had thrown a Molotov cocktail through a window, causing $1.3 million in damage.
(Victoria E. Freile) For such a small town it is a great sum of money and large destruction. But then he was too young back in those days. Victoria E. Freile writes In June 2001, a prosecutor said Karl Kernaghan has a juvenile record for setting fires. The details are not available because juvenile records are sealed. And the story repeats with the same people.
The Essay on Plea Bargain
According to Timothy Sandefur’s In Defense of Plea Bargaining article, “a plea bargain is a contract with the state. The defense agrees to plead guilty to a lesser crime and receive a lesser sentence, rather than go to trial on a more severe charge where he faces the possibility of a harsher sentence.” We are also told in The New York Times Article; Federal Law on Sentencing is Unjust, Judge Rules ...
Now single-family home on Summer Lane was burnt. About 6 p.m. Monday, Greece police responded to 89 Summer Lane after neighbors had reported they had heard noises. One neighbor apparently saw three men leaving the smoky house, Wise said. The Kernaghans and Hasenauer were charged later that evening. (Victoria E.
Freile) What a nice career leap for a three young men. Now they are not just some miserable felonies but burglars. And if to be sincere, I think that theyve made a tremendous mistake. What future do they have? Prison then few years or so of freedom than again prison/ As for me I do not think that such people can change. And Karl Kernaghan is good example for my point of view. Victoria E.
Freile writes The men were arraigned in Greece Town Court on Tuesday and taken to the Monroe County Jail. Karl Kernaghan was held without bail. Hasenauer and Ken Kernaghan were held on $10,000 cash bail, Wise said. According to his previous success Karl Kernaghan was held without bail. All he will have for the next 15 years will be a jail. When he again will be free he will be man in his late thirties. Not a young man he is now.
Just imagine it 15 best years of mans life wasted in prison. And for what? For some possessions theyve stole from that house? Im seriously doubted that theyve find there something really precious. I do not think that plea bargains are really effective. Or it wasnt effective just in this case. Maybe if the punishment for Karl Kernaghan backs there in 2001 were more severe than his fate would be less upsetting. But it is too late, in my humble opinion, to talk about it now.
I also think that author of this article also doesnt believe much in the plea bargain. It may seem at first that Victoria E. Freile just present us facts without any emotion. But is to be cheerful enough you can notice that in such brief and dry manner she only wants to outline the most important points. You agree with me that article is very informative but still written in easy-reading language. And citations from police officers comments only make the article more emotional.
The Essay on Karl Marx 18
Karl Marx The philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary, Karl Marx, is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the 19th century. Although scholars largely ignored him in his own lifetime, his social, economic and political ideas gained rapid acceptance in the socialist movement after his death in 1883. Until quite recently almost half the population of ...
I think that Victoria E. Freile is deeply concerned with everything what happens to those young men. And with this article she tries to wake up readers interest to the fate of Karl Kernaghan, Hasenauer and Ken Kernaghan. Bibliography Victoria E. Freile, Staff writer, 3 men charged in Greece arson, Democrat and Chronicle. .
