Comparación entre el principio de oportunidad frente al proceso penal en Colombia y Estados Unidos

Abstract

Overview, the figure of plea bargaining and the early completion of the process, is a fast track for meet expectations in a justice administration to channel the non appearance to trial hearing, strengthened through the negotiation of the penalty. In Colombia, the principle of opportunity is us ed, which helps the defendant to somehow repair criminal justice in the search for truth by repairing the legal right that has been violated. In United S tates of America, plea bargaining is used as a compromise agreement between the accused and the prosecu tor and whose agreement is clearly the prosecutor's decision to accept it or not. The objective of this article is to describe the principle of opportunity and plea bargaining , once this is compared and as a result it will be understood that when issuing l aws regulating social behavior under penalties of penalties for the violation of these, reflects the social problems of A state, unworthy conditions, ignorance of such society, the educational level of the working class, health, employment capacity and in general is a sensible way to see the current society and its social needs. But in turn it is an indication of things that can be improved.