Sentence examples for for plea from inspiring English sources

Defense lawyers frequently persuaded detainees to coöperate with prosecutors, in exchange for plea agreements.

Culpable homicide does not carry a minimum sentence, and is thus clearly amenable as a focus for plea negotiations.

In Britain, maximum sentences are much shorter and reductions for plea bargaining are usually smaller, so the incentive to cut a deal is reduced.

And, sitting quietly on a bench by the window, enduring the wait for plea and directions in case number T20027291 Goddard Stuart L, is Adam Ant.

Many judges dislike mandatory minimums, and last week Patrick Leahy, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, called for ending them, but where that ranks among the priorities of the incoming Congress is unclear.Some have urged the same for plea bargaining an unlikely event, given that both prosecutors and defendants do it, and that its abolition would probably smother an overtaxed court system.

Police aren't allowed to conduct wiretaps or undercover operations, and the legal system doesn't allow for plea bargains, so authorities are forced to rely on a cultural pressure to unburden oneself after wrongdoing.

Hoboken's Facebook page turned into a forum for pleas for aid.

Banks can set up a screening service for pleas and proposals from would-be beneficiaries.

This is still done today in many places and very often for pleas to lesser charges with less jail time.

In exchange for his plea, prosecutors asked for a one-year sentence.

Schopenhauer made a kind of plea for mono-tasking.