Sentence examples for pretrial agreement from inspiring English sources

Corporal Thomas, 25, originally pleaded guilty on Jan . 18as part of a pretrial agreement.

He said it was unusual to plead guilty to an action without the benefit of a pretrial agreement to obtain something in return.

The judge told the lawyers that he was not willing to wait much longer for them to reach a pretrial agreement.

As refiled, the murder charge now includes a specification of premeditation, an element that had been removed in the pretrial agreement.

Lance Corporal Pennington faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, but a sentencing cap could be part of the pretrial agreement.

In a pretrial agreement, a marine pleaded guilty to conspiracy and kidnapping charges but denied murdering an Iraqi civilian whom he and seven other servicemen are accused of killing last April.

Moreover, in December, Congress eliminated an exception for pretrial agreements in the restrictions it has imposed on transfers of Guantánamo Bay detainees.

Complicating matters, a "continuing resolution" spending bill later resurrected an older version of the transfer restrictions, which included the previous exception for pretrial agreements.

The prosecutor must get the permission of the convening authority or his staff judge advocate to travel witnesses, employ experts, drop or add charges, appeal decisions of the court, enter into pretrial agreements and a litany of other traditional prosecutor authorities.

If the criteria for generating valid and relevant science are not available in advance, but need to be worked out in the very process of establishing case-specific facts, then courts might seek to promote good practices by intervening earlier in that process, through well-designed pretrial agreements.

A pretrial plea agreement is seen as likely.