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A plea bargain is a negotiation between the prosecution and the defense in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a reduced charge or to a reduced number of charges in exchange for a more lenient sentence. For example: In the case, the suspect agreed to a plea bargain and plead guilty to a lesser charge in order to avoid a potentially longer jail sentence.
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plea bargain
noun
An agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
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He overturned the plea bargain.
And I signed a plea bargain.
(The case ended in a plea bargain).
But what about a plea bargain?
There has been no plea bargain.
He accepted a plea bargain, he said.
Finally, the prosecution accepted a plea bargain.
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Therefore, I will not plea-bargain.
Mr. Burton said Mr. Sklyarov would not plea-bargain.
Drake says that he told prosecutors, "I refuse to plea-bargain with the truth".
Alternatively, they may try for a plea-bargain with the prosecution that would avoid turpitude altogether.
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