On 26 January 2016, Kosovo Judicial Institute within Continuous Training Program (CTP) conducted training on: “Negotiation on plea bargaining agreement”
The purpose of this training was to elaborate the possibility of negotiation a plea bargaining agreement, the steps to be taken by the parties in the proceeding regarding plea negotiations, description of parties actions during the negotiation of pela bargaining agreement, fulfilling legal conditions in order for the agreement to be accepted by the court, and the role of each state body in concluding the agreement.
The main focus of the training was on discussions about the plea bargaining agreement procedure, where were addressed the negotiation of plea bargaining agreement, recommendations for a more lenient sentence, but not below the minimum set by the law, limits to what is extend is allowed to reduce the sentence, analysis of the position of the injured party in the negotiation procedure, the possibility to reject the agreement by the state prosecutor and the defendant. During the training were also presented in a simple manner the procedural actions before the Court in reviewing the guilty plea agreement.
During the training were presented practical cases where participants had the opportunity to be acquitted with the best practices in this area.
Beneficiaries of this training were judges of basic court and prosecutors of basic prosecution office.
26-01-2016