Plea-bargaining in South Africa: Current concerns and future prospects

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dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Esther
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-15T07:53:22Z
dc.date.available2018-02-15T07:53:22Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2016-01-14T08:16:38Z
dc.description.abstractThe powers of the prosecution service in South Africa are extensive, particularly when it comes to the exercise of its discretion to institute criminal proceedings, to negotiate plea and sentence agreements and to divert matters from the criminal process. A court cannot prevent a prosecutor from withdrawing a matter or from accepting a specific plea. It is the state that remains dominus litis. However it will be sufficient for the purposes of this paper to focus on how the prosecution service exercises its power when it negotiates a plea and sentence bargain and then to examine and determine the usefulness, fairness and the constitutionality of this process after 1994.
dc.identifier.apacitationSteyn, E. (2007). Plea-bargaining in South Africa: Current concerns and future prospects. <i>South African Journal of Criminal Justice</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27579en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSteyn, Esther "Plea-bargaining in South Africa: Current concerns and future prospects." <i>South African Journal of Criminal Justice</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27579en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSteyn, E. (2007). Plea-bargaining in South Africa: current concerns and future prospects. South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 20(2), 206-219.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Steyn, Esther AB - The powers of the prosecution service in South Africa are extensive, particularly when it comes to the exercise of its discretion to institute criminal proceedings, to negotiate plea and sentence agreements and to divert matters from the criminal process. A court cannot prevent a prosecutor from withdrawing a matter or from accepting a specific plea. It is the state that remains dominus litis. However it will be sufficient for the purposes of this paper to focus on how the prosecution service exercises its power when it negotiates a plea and sentence bargain and then to examine and determine the usefulness, fairness and the constitutionality of this process after 1994. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Criminal Justice LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Plea-bargaining in South Africa: Current concerns and future prospects TI - Plea-bargaining in South Africa: Current concerns and future prospects UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27579 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27579
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSteyn E. Plea-bargaining in South Africa: Current concerns and future prospects. South African Journal of Criminal Justice. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27579.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Criminal Justice
dc.source.urihttps://juta.co.za/law/products/3599-south-african-journal-of-criminal-justice/
dc.titlePlea-bargaining in South Africa: Current concerns and future prospects
dc.typeJournal Article
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