Prosecutors commonly collar people they suspect of being part of a conspiracy, threaten them with all sorts of charges and decades in prison, then offer them leniency in a plea deal if they testify against others.
A common prosecutorial tactic in America is to collar someone you suspect of being part of a conspiracy, threaten them with all sorts of charges and decades in prison, and offer them leniency in a plea deal if they spill the beans.
It was Mr. Vitale's show in Federal District Court in Brooklyn yesterday, as he unveiled the trove of information on Mr. Massino that he had offered to the government in exchange for leniency to his plea of guilty to 11 murders.
Despite the archbishop's pleas for leniency, Farina and his accomplices were tortured and executed.
As the months dragged into years, Mr. Hawkins's pleas for leniency were offset by his erratic behavior.
Last week, Federal Judge David Z. Kenyon ignored his lawyers' pleas for leniency and sentenced Mr. Miller to two concurrent life sentences.
In sentencing one of Mr. Goffer's co-defendants, Jason Goldfarb, to three years in prison, Judge Sullivan rejected pleas for leniency, pointing out that his conduct "wasn't an impulsive decision.
An Afghan tribal leader convicted in an international narcotics trafficking conspiracy was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday by a judge in New York who rejected pleas for leniency based on the man's cooperation with the American authorities.
Former Royal Bank of Scotland employees will have their company pension payments slashed when they get to state retirement age - and Sir Fred Goodwin, the bank's richest pensioner, personally rejected union pleas for leniency over the so-called "clawback" provisions.
Mrs. Clinton and her aides acknowledged that the supporters, who included the grand rabbi of the Hasidic men's sect, made pleas for leniency during the meeting in late December.
Pleas for leniency from the inmates, families and diplomats were rejected by President Joko Widodo.
