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Twenty years of plea bargaining (CRPC)! What impact on the evolution of criminal justice? - Colloquium (on site) at the Cour de cassation (with other entities) 04 10 2024 - registration

Online 06 09 2024

Announcement Calenda 1187172

The CRPC (Comparution sur Reconnaissance Préliminaire de Culpabilité) system introduced by the "Perben 2" Act of March 9, 2004, which came into force on October 1, 2004, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this October.

Often criticized as the introduction of "justice on the cheap" and the Americanization of French criminal justice, what assessment can be made 20 years after its first implementation?

The institutionalization of the CRPC has led to the evolution of the procedure and, in so doing, to the upheaval of the very structure of the judicial process and the adaptation of the role of the players (prosecutors, judges and lawyers) in the penal chain. Against this backdrop, we can now look ahead to the longevity of the CRPC by exploring its extension to specialized and criminal litigation.

The aim of this conference is to bring together the views of specialists - academics and legal professionals - for a comprehensive study of the CRPC, in order to assess its impact on the evolution of our criminal justice system.