MONDAY, November 15th,
12:00-1:00pm
Room 164
and via Zoom
Please join PCLP and The Family and Juvenile Law Association (FJLA) in welcoming Professor Thea Johnson. Nearly all criminal cases are resolved through a guilty plea and most of those pleas are the result of bargaining between the prosecutor and defendant. Plea bargaining is ultimately a negotiation and the classic bargaining chips are the potential sentence and charges the defendant faces. But increasingly the range of bargaining chips is expanding. A number of high profile criminal cases makes clear that prosecutors and defendants also bargain over whether and how the state will pursue criminal charges against the defendant’s family members, including children. Professor Johnson will discuss how the use of family as a bargaining chip raises complicated ethical and legal questions about how the state exercises its immense power over defendants.
Zoom link:
https://arizona.zoom.us/j/88915700284
Derek Kilgore, [email protected]
Cassidy Vernon, [email protected]
**CLE Events**
The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1.0 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona. CLE certificates are available at the presentation.