I. Read or listen to the following NPR news report: Supreme Court Expands Defendants' Plea Bargain Rights : NPR

(Plea Bargaining)

1. Justice Kennedy comments that plea bargaining isthe criminal justice system.Do you agree?

2. Should it be the criminal justice system?What challenges arise from relying so heavily on plea bargaining.

II. Skim the following 2 cases to get a basic understanding of the decisions of the Court (you can skip consenting opinions, but look over the dissents)

• Hudson v. Michigan
• Herring v. US
• Given the information from your text and these two recent cases on the Exclusionary Rule:
• Does the Exclusionary Rule have any purpose or power anymore?

What do the dissenting judges have to say on the role of the Exclusionary Rule?

• Should there be so many exceptions to the rule?

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