You can with judges and I prefer to do so...
Posted on: March 12, 2020 at 20:07:05 CT
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whenever the judge is cool with it and I can wake up late for a call from my house.
But lawyer to prosecutor, not typically. I mean, you can talk about discovery and things via email (if you can get a response from an overworked prosecutor), but plea deals have to be signed and entered in front of a judge. I guess the system could be set up that way.
Biggest thing is delayed trials, which, as the article mentions, might resolve itself in some cases via the parties settling.