Lucian E. Dervan

An International Guide to Corporate Internal Investigations, Second Edition Written by more than 40 highly skilled practitioners from 11 key jurisdictions, the new second edition of this book introduces readers to the complex and developing area of corporate internal investi…

New book alert! I was honored to join my friends and colleagues as an editor of this new book featuring 11 key jurisdictions (including Australia) that is a must have for anyone working in the international white collar space.

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Excited to announce that the Plea Bargaining Institute has filed its first amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Hunter v U.S. We look forward to continuing to bring important research findings re plea bargaining and defendant decision-making to the attention of the courts.

A full house as we start the 2025 @abacjs Geneva International White Collar Crime Institute with a meet the enforcers panel.

A wonderful joint event from the Plea Bargaining Institute and the Quattrone Center on plea bargaining policies, reforms, and research. Thank you to our friends at the Quattrone Center for hosting us in Philadelphia. #PBI

Lucian Dervan Receives Distinguished Award from American Bar Association Belmont Professor of Law and Director of Criminal Justice Studies Lucian Dervan accepted the Charles R. English-Neal Sonnett Award from the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, Ma...

Earlier this month I received the Charles R. English - Neal Sonnett Award from the @abacjs for my work in the field of criminal justice. I am deeply honored to receive this award & to have received an award carrying the names of two inspiring champions of justice.

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Growing Use of Sentencing Differentials in Resentencings. #PleaBargainingBlog #FixThePlea

NACDL - A Principled Path to Plea Bargaining Reform Plea bargaining began as a shadowy concept prohibited by the common law, but it became a force dominating the legal system. Professor Lucian Dervan explains the costs of plea bargains and discusses re...

New article on plea bargaining and plea bargaining reform in the @nacdl.org Champion Magazine.

The Plea Bargaining Institute is pleased to announce the creation of the Institute's Academic Working Group and the appointment of the first chairs of the group - Dr. Rebecca Helm (University of Exeter), Dr. Miko Wilford (Iowa State University), and Dr. Tina Zottoli (Montclair State University).

Consistent with ABA CJS Plea Bargain Task Force Principle 4, new AG Bondi memo re charging and plea bargaining makes clear that prosecutors “may not use criminal charges to exert leverage to induce a guilty plea.” #FixthePlea #PleaBargaining

The Cost of Plea Bargains: Reflections and Recommendations from the ABA Plea Bargain Task Force The Cost of Plea Bargains tells the story of plea bargaining's rise, the early roots of the movement to reform pleas, and the work and recommendations of the American Bar Association's Plea bargainin…

Interested in plea bargaining? Take a look at this book from the ABA which tells the story of plea bargaining's rise, the early roots of the movement to reform pleas, and the work and recommendations of the ABA's Plea Bargain Task Force. #FixthePlea
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Read about how to create a fairer, more just, and more reliable plea bargaining system in this 2023 report from the ABA Criminal Justice Section Plea Bargain Task Force. www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/criminaljustice/plea-bargain-tf-report.pdf

Additional researchers have conducted similar psychological deception studies since 2013 and found false plea rates “near or exceeding fifty percent.” psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-...

Further, a 2013 psychological study I conducted with Dr. Vanessa Edkins found that 56% of the innocent participants were willing to falsely plead guilty to misconduct that had not occurred. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Various studies have confirmed plea bargaining’s innocence problem. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, for example, false pleas of guilty made up 25% of the exoneration database in 2022. www.law.umich.edu/special/exon...

In the 1970 Brady decision approving the use of plea bargaining for the first time, the U.S. Supreme Court relied upon an assumption that innocent people do not falsely plead guilty. Yet case studies and research since that time demonstrate this assumption is false. #FixthePlea #CriminalJustice

There are 59 significant U.S. Supreme Court plea bargaining decisions since 1970. This Plea Bargaining Institute report explores the history of plea bargaining and the development of Supreme Court precedent from 1970 until 2019. #pleabargaining pleabargaininginstitute.com/reports/pbi-...

If you are interested in plea bargaining research, check out the searchable database of research findings from 1979-2023 at the Plea Bargaining Institute - pleabargaininginstitute.com/summaries/ #PleaBargainingInstitute #CriminalJustice #PleaBargaining #Innocence