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(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested
his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor
How To Use plea bargaining In A Sentence
- The system in Britain is not as dominated by plea bargaining, but it is certainly present.
- The general sentiment among lawyers is that the Commission is likely to favour plea bargaining if sufficient safeguards can be built in.
- After that it focuses on the analysis of procedural operative mechanism of plea bargaining.
- Considering of its defects, we must be careful when transplanting plea bargaining into China.
- In the United States that occurs through plea bargaining, a negotiated agreement between prosecution and defense with a marginal check by a judge.
- The detainees resisted such standard blandishments as plea bargaining, cash, or relocation in the federal witness program.
- Most criminal cases are therefore settled without trial by the process of plea bargaining between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
- However, prosecutors were more likely to accept a plea bargaining offer from white defendants accused of racially aggravated offences.
- In light of the way in which the high court framed the issue when it granted certiorari, I am inclined to think the court will conclude that, since Arave had a fair trial, the fact that his attorney may have been ineffective during plea bargaining is irrelevant. Supreme Court
- Firstly, it elaborates why the plea bargaining is reasonable on the basis of value analysis.
