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... expense. The model also, unlike the crime control model, aspires for criminal justice measures to be independent of political concerns. Conversely, the due process model strives to guarantee fundamental fairness, justice and liberty. Furthermore, it places a emphasis on a formal and open adjudication of the facts in court with the possibility of appeal, in order to give maximum protection to the innocent. The approach most advanced by Goodyear is the crime control model. The crime control model aims foremost at a high rate of apprehension and conviction of offenders. This will be easier to fulfil with the introduction of sentence indications. This is because defendants, even if innocent, could be enticed by the sentence reduction which they get with an early plea; increasing the number of convictions. This view is also held by Professor Michael Zander who has argued in 'Sense and sentencing' that Goodyear will have a "quite considerable" ...
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