Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Early guilty pleas helping to cut jail terms / The Herald, 29 Aug 2005

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/45901.html
Lucy Adams
"Legal experts say a recent court ruling which stated criminals could get up to 30% off their sentence by pleading guilty before going to trial has added to the impact of the new legislation.
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