Sentence examples for By plea from inspiring English sources

Even high-profile cases in South Africa are sometimes resolved by plea bargain.

The efficiency gained by plea bargains outweighs their evils, proponents say.

The vast majority of criminal cases are resolved by plea bargains: 94 percent in state courts, 97 percent in federal.

The more telling statistic is that in 2011, 88 percent of all indicted defendants were convicted by plea or trial.

They're more equipped to handle the not-so-complicated matters, which, frankly, are usually resolved by plea".

This weakness in the Brady rule also means there is no way of knowing how many violations are buried by plea bargains.

In Italy, trials resulting from the collapse of Parmalat have been delayed by plea-bargaining, and have had little effect on conduct-of-business rules so far.

His defence has pointed out how much of the witness evidence against him was obtained by plea-bargain mechanisms, by which guilty men achieved reduced prison sentences in return for their cooperation with the prosecution.

Those calls have been followed by pleas from Yankee players.

But Straw has remained unmoved by pleas in the past.

Eli, a nerd, is worn down by pleas from his haranguing mother to be more "normal".