Plea-Bargaining: Preempting the Dreaded Second Thoughts
Plea bargaining is one of the riskiest hot-spots in criminal law, insofar as clients frequently - and with messy consequences for their counsel - have second-thoughts about the sentences to which they agree. Renowned attorney Herald Price Fahringer, who has argued and briefed 15 cases in the United States Supreme Court, offers an excellent tip for how to avoid this situation, with an emphasis on simplicity and communication. Taken from the Lawline.com course “50th Anniversary Tribute to Gideon v. Wainwright: The Right to the Effective Assistance of Counsel.”
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