{
  "id": 8031618,
  "title": "Prosecutors push plea deals, defence calls for prepared cases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/prosecutors-push-plea-deals-defence-calls-for-prepared-cases",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T12:26:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260917/prosecutors-push-plea-deals-defence-calls-prepared-cases"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Janek Forbes has endorsed calls for greater use of plea negotiations to help reduce the Home Circuit Court’s staggering criminal caseload. But Jamaica Advocates Association President Tamika Harris says the strategy cannot work effectively unless prosecutors first ensure that cases are properly prepared. Forbes, speaking at the opening of the Michaelmas Term…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}