plea deals

In 2016 as a trial court judge, Michael Donnelly pushed to reform the rules around plea bargains. The proposal was rejected, but now Justice Donnelly, a member of the Ohio Supreme court since 2019, is making the case again. Today we are looking at Justice Donnelly’s proposal and the issue of plea bargains in the U.S.

Ohio defendants will still be able to plead to lesser crimes that don't bear much resemblance to the facts of the original charge, because the state's top…