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Definition of plea bargaining in English: plea bargainingnoun mass nounLaw An arrangement between prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a more lenient sentence or an agreement to drop other charges. Example sentencesExamples - Pilot schemes saw several benefits, including a reduction in plea-bargaining and downgrading of charges, and an increase in early guilty pleas.
- As liberals in today's world we have to accept greater use of intercept communication, surveillance and plea-bargaining.
- We have people who are so overwhelmed that they have to reduce the sentences by plea-bargaining.
- He said they would be entitled to make representations on the merits of the charges against them, offer evidence as witnesses, and engage the prosecuting authority in plea-bargaining.
- The guilty plea procedure is sometimes the result of plea-bargaining between the prosecution and defence counsel.
Derivatives noun ˈpliː ˌbɑːɡɪnˈpli ˌbɑrɡən Law An arrangement between prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a more lenient sentence or an agreement to drop other charges. the media coverage caused the judge to rethink the plea bargain Example sentencesExamples - By the time Jesse came to plea-bargain, the jury already knew his father had confessed to it and he had no supporting witnesses.
- They plea-bargained for the easy, cheaper option.
- If I'd been a habitual offender - the kind of driver for whom traffic court was designed - I probably wouldn't have gotten to plea-bargain.
verbˈpliː ˌbɑːɡɪnˈpli ˌbɑrɡən [no object]plea-bargainLaw Make a plea bargain. he plea-bargained and avoided jail
Definition of plea bargaining in US English: plea bargainingnounˈplē ˌbärɡəniNG Law An arrangement between a prosecutor and a defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectation of leniency. Example sentencesExamples - The guilty plea procedure is sometimes the result of plea-bargaining between the prosecution and defence counsel.
- We have people who are so overwhelmed that they have to reduce the sentences by plea-bargaining.
- He said they would be entitled to make representations on the merits of the charges against them, offer evidence as witnesses, and engage the prosecuting authority in plea-bargaining.
- As liberals in today's world we have to accept greater use of intercept communication, surveillance and plea-bargaining.
- Pilot schemes saw several benefits, including a reduction in plea-bargaining and downgrading of charges, and an increase in early guilty pleas.
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