The practice of induced guilty pleas, in which a defendant is induced to plead guilty due to an offered concession, has long been criticised in legal studies. It offers an alternative mode of resolving criminal prosecutions, causing a wide range of concerns, namely, imposing undue pressure on the defendant’s free will; truth divergence; the risk of convicting innocents and the misuse of prosecutorial discretion by overcharging, lenient sentencing and unwarranted charge reductions. Nonetheless, due to efficiency and managerial ends, it has become a widespread common practice in many adversarial systems. The article focuses on the role of the judiciary in the practice, drawing normative conclusions from the comparative analysis on the practice in England and Israel. It will be argued that while in both systems the judiciary has been concerned mainly with the appropriate penal sentence, legitimising the practice so long the defendant is not coerced, it has disregarded the defendant’s rational voluntary reason to plead a false plea. The managerial turn of the last two decades, in the English and Israeli criminal procedure has been criticised for deviating from adversarial standards, enhancing the guilty plea practice. Nonetheless, the article endorses positive managerial judging through managerial means of criminal mediation. Though not fully realized in the Israeli system, judicial criminal mediation illustrates how managerial directives may enable the judiciary to reclaim responsibility over the criminal process, through evidence scrutinizing powers, ensuring that the defendant’s plea is based not solely on his free will, but rather on supporting evidence, safeguarding defendants from wrongful convictions.

诱导认罪的做法，即被告因提供的让步而被诱使认罪的做法，长期以来一直在法律研究中受到批评。它提供了一种解决刑事诉讼的替代模式，引起了广泛的关注，即对被告的自由意志施加不适当的压力；真相分歧；通过多收费、从宽量刑和无理减免罪名而定罪无辜和滥用检方裁量权的风险。尽管如此，由于效率和管理目的，它已成为许多对抗系统中普遍存在的惯例。文章着眼于司法在实践中的作用，通过对英国和以色列实践的比较分析得出规范性结论。有人会争辩说，虽然在这两种制度中，司法机关主要关注适当的刑罚，只要被告不受胁迫就使这种做法合法化，但它却忽视了被告提出虚假抗辩的理性自愿理由。过去二十年的管理转变，在英国和以色列的刑事诉讼程序中被批评为偏离对抗标准，加强了认罪实践。尽管如此，本文还是赞同通过刑事调解的管理手段进行积极的管理判断。虽然在以色列系统中没有完全实现，但司法刑事调解说明了管理指令如何通过证据审查权力使司法部门能够收回对刑事程序的责任，