http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/update_on_plea_1.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/update_on_plea_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-58545 Dave Hardy Sun, 11 Jun 2006 07:48:30 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/06/update-on-plea-bargains-and-prediction-markets.html#comment-58545 The odds of conviction in any criminal case are so high as to make the betting a bit one-sided. In City Court here, the prosecutor and defense customarily bet on how long the jury would be out, rather than on the outcome. The bailiff keeps the "official clock." The odds of conviction in any criminal case are so high as to make the betting a bit one-sided. In City Court here, the prosecutor and defense customarily bet on how long the jury would be out, rather than on the outcome. The bailiff keeps the “official clock.”

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/update_on_plea_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-58544 Dave Hoffman Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:21:25 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/06/update-on-plea-bargains-and-prediction-markets.html#comment-58544 Real World: I agree with what I take to be your moral - that realistic models are better than unrealistic ones. Otherwise, I don't see how what you say has much to do with what I wrote. Your first sentence, for example, makes no sense to me. Real World: I agree with what I take to be your moral – that realistic models are better than unrealistic ones. Otherwise, I don’t see how what you say has much to do with what I wrote. Your first sentence, for example, makes no sense to me.

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/update_on_plea_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-58543 Real World Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:10:55 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/06/update-on-plea-bargains-and-prediction-markets.html#comment-58543 You just figured out that public defenders have to take into account plea bargaining in criminal cases, and that's why the economic model you presented was specious. Swift would be glad to see a law and economics professor willing to theorize in the great tradition of Big and Little Endians. You just figured out that public defenders have to take into account plea bargaining in criminal cases, and that’s why the economic model you presented was specious. Swift would be glad to see a law and economics professor willing to theorize in the great tradition of Big and Little Endians.

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