plea bargainin a sentence
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But there's the option of a plea bargain.
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plea bargain = law: an agreement in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty (or no contest) to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
- Many weren't included in the conversations about whether a plea bargain was acceptable or what sentence was appropriate.† (source)
- I had a lawyer come in and work out a plea bargain with the judge.† (source)
- Your only hope is to plea bargain.† (source)
- Now you feeling sorry for yourself so you want to plea bargain your way back to me?† (source)
- Do they tell on each other in hopes that the Officials will go easy on them—a plea bargain?† (source)
- It was plea bargained.† (source)
- It wasn't his first brush with the law, by any means: during high school he'd racked up a few breaking and enterings(plea-bargained), one DWI (dismissed), and one possession of a controlled substance (community service and a big fine, but just by the skin of his teeth).† (source)
- Jake continued, "I see a plea bargain and a long sentence."† (source)
- Plea bargaining was entirely about posturing.† (source)
- The plea bargain came with a hefty price: the bar owners took nearly all the money we'd saved while operating the honky-tonk.† (source)
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- Plea bargaining helps to relieve court backlog.
- I understand you gentlemen would like to talk about a plea bargain?† (source)
- Landers quickly found out what Frankie Martin had meant when he said he and Deacon would need Landers's help if Dillard didn't accept the "offer he can't refuse:' Less than an hour after the plea bargain fell apart, Deacon had called Landers and asked him to come down to the D.A.'s office.† (source)
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