Sentence examples for pled down from inspiring English sources

"Seventy-five percent of domestic violence cases are pled down to misdemeanors.

"They could have been incarcerated while waiting for the evidence to clear them, or maybe they pled down to a lesser charge just to get out of jail," said the Memphis Democrat.

Zimmerman had a long history of violence, including a restraining order for domestic violence, felony charges of resisting arrest, and assaulting an officer (the charge was pled down to a misdemeanor and then closed; Zimmerman's dad was a magistrate at the time).

The B-felonies were pleaded down.

Most of the cases never went to trial, the charges having been dropped or pleaded down.

When Robinson overheard Koger relaying that story Monday, he blushed with embarrassment and tried to plead down some details.

To avoid jail time, you plead down to a misdemeanor, with probation and a significant financial settlement.

Mr. Hogan's cases never went to trial, and he was frequently allowed to plead down his charges.

Today Maye is free, but only after he served 10 years in prison and was allowed to plead down to manslaughter.

Several are related to drunken driving or speeding, including a 2010 charge of driving under the influence in Arlington that was pleaded down to reckless driving.

After violating an order of protection, he pleaded down to criminal contempt in that case last summer and served 30 days in jail, the authorities said.