Today I will interview a judge on his role in major criminal cases from his role beginning with first contact dealing with a plea bargain. The reason I choose to focus on that of plea bargains is because based on the videos I viewed this is the first initial contact the defendant has with the judge and most of the most memorable parts of many criminal court cases.

Q: Good afternoon, one thing that stands out to me is why do we have so many plea bargains with in this country?
A: Good question, for one our constitution states that everyone should offered that of a speedy trial. With that plea bargains can be looked at as such. Also if we were to send every case in front of jury many cases would never be heard and or pushed so far back that defendants will not receive the proper attention and or defense based on that fact if they had a public defender or private attorney.
Q: when it comes to a plea bargain what is role?
A: As a judge we oversee and supervise to make sure boundaries are set and it falls it the expectations of the community we are servicing. Also with this with have the right to accept or deny any plea bargain that is brought to us. But once a plea is made either guilty or no contest, it is our responsibility to make sure that the defendant is this decision on his own free will and in sole right mind. Once approved it will no longer go to trial.
Q: When entering a plea hearing how much do you really know about case before it is presented to you and knowing more about the case does it make it easier to determine what the appropriate agreement is? A: when it comes to majority of the cases we see we know very few about them. But cases that are common we already know what to expect and most we can agree on based on the circumstances of the crime. In other cases such as murder base on the degree of the crime we as judges may question the