The Efficacy Of Plea Bargaining In Handling International War Crimes In Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ................................................................................... i APPROVAL .............................................................................................. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................... iii DEDICATION ............................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................... v CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................. 1 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background of the study ........................................................... 2 1.2 Statement of the problem ....................................................... .4 1.4 General objective of the study .................................................. 6 1.4 Specific objectives of the study ............................................... 6 1.6 Research Questions ....................................................................... 6 1.6 Scope ofthe study ......................................................................... 6 1.7 Significance ................................................................................. 7 1.8 Methodology ................................................................................... 8 1.9 Literature Review ............................................................................ 8 CHAPTER TWO .................................................................... 15 RELATED LAW AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS ON PLEA BARGAINING ..... 15

2.1 Introduction .................................,........................................... ! 5 2.2 Form of plea bargain agreement ........................................... l5 2.3 Considerations in Bargaining ............................................. 16 2.3 .1 The gravity of the crime ...................................................... 16 2.3.2 Adequacy of punishment ..................................................... 16 2.3 .3 The offender. ................................................................... 17 2.3.4 The victim ........................................................................... 18 2.3.5 Evidence ................................................................................... 18 CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 20 CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON PLEA BARGAINING ON HANDLING INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES IN UGANDA ..................................................................................................... 20 3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 20 3.2 The Arguments against Plea Bargaining at the National Level... ............................................ 20 3.2.1 Pressure to Plead and Condemnation of the Innocent .......................................................... 20 3.3 Plea Bargaining Violates the Human Rights of the Accused .................................................. 26 3.4 Plea Bargaining gives too much Discretion and Power to the Prosecutor .............................. 29 3.6 Plea Bargaining results in Sentences that fail to recognise the Gravity of the Criminal Conduct ......................................................................................................................................... .34