Sentence examples for agree a plea from inspiring English sources

Tappin's UK lawyer, Karen Todner, who also represented computer hacker Gary McKinnon in his successful 10-year fight against extradition, said 98% of people who enter the US justice system agree a plea deal.

The sentencing came after prosecutors agreed a plea bargain with the model's lawyer.

Ricardo Pessoa, who allegedly headed a group of construction company bosses that channeled money from Petrobras to political parties, has agreed a plea bargain.

Last December, a former police officer, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, was convicted of supplying the murder weapon after agreeing a plea bargain, and was sentenced to 11 years in jail.

BAE was brought to court for the single offence after agreeing a plea bargain with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to settle years of investigations.

"If it happened now, people would probably get a bus and drive us over [to America]." They lost the extradition battle in July 2006 and, after agreeing a plea bargain with US prosecutors in which they admitted one charge, were each sentenced to 37 months in prison.

Taxi driver Tongo was sentenced to 18 years in jail after agreeing a plea bargain.

Tongo, 31, from Bothasig, has been jailed for 18 years after agreeing a plea bargain.

Most quickly agree to a plea bargain.Even the few trials that are held rarely seem to get to the heart of the matter.

The phrase refers to the fact that the sentences for people who go to trial have grown harsher relative to sentences for those who agree to a plea.

The government has several weapons for its effort to persuade Mr. Martoma to agree to a plea, including the stiff sentences for insider trading.