AN APPRAISAL OF THE PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION OF PLEA BARGAIN AND SENTENCE INDICATION

Abstract

Plea bargain is a principle of law usually adopted in high-profile criminal matters, and most times, society at large either misunderstands this principle or its true objectives. In the Delta State Administration of Criminal Justice Law of 2022, there is also a similar kind of principle: sentence indication. Using doctrinal methodology, we shall critically examine these principles, their similarities and differences, and further examine how these principles meet the ends of justice. The researchers recommend a proper application and slight modification of these principles and ensure that, through these principles, justice should not just be done but be seen by all to be done.