Dead Wrong
Wright, Ronald F. & Miller, Marc L.
Abstract
The remedies for this common mindset that produces both categories of problems in Dallas could emerge from two different directions. Internally, many district attorney offices need serious overhaul. Probationary sentences for murder reached as part of a plea deal should be the extremely rare exception. The office leadership should set up policies, procedures, and data-collection practices to guide decision making in such cases.
In effect, the leadership should set price caps on the discounts that prosecutors can offer to obtain plea deals.