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In law, a plea is a defendant's response to a criminal charge. [1] A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty. Depending on jurisdiction, additional pleas may be available, including nolo contendere (no contest), no case to answer (in the United Kingdom), or an Alford plea (in the United States).
In United States law, an Alford plea, also called a Kennedy plea in West Virginia, [1] an Alford guilty plea, [2] [3] [4] and the Alford doctrine, [5] [6] [7] is a guilty plea in criminal court, [8] [9] [10] whereby a defendant in a criminal case does not admit to the criminal act and asserts innocence, but accepts imposition of a sentence.
The use of "pleaded" versus "pled" as the past tense version of "pleading" has been a subject of controversy among many of those that practice law. [14] "Pled" is almost never used in Australian publications, while being somewhat common in American, British, and Canadian publications. [15]
Personally, I make no distinction in meaning between pled and pleaded, except that in some fields of discourse you're less likely to encounter pled for the reasons I've mentioned. Any perceived differences in meaning would likely be caused by this. 184.171.208.24 07:55, 7 April 2014 (UTC) Not quite sure I follow.
Jul. 7—A former Santa Fe school employee accused of sexually assaulting several children faces a plea hearing later this month in one of several cases pending against him now that he's been ...
In France, the general rule is that one cannot remain in police custody for more than 24 hours from the time of their arrest. [6] However, police custody can last another 24 hours in specific circumstances, especially if the offence is punishable by at least one year's imprisonment, or if the investigation is deemed to require the extra time, and can last up to 96 hours in certain cases ...
Perhaps the best known case creating an implied cause of action for constitutional rights is Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). In that case, the United States Supreme Court ruled that an individual whose Fourth Amendment freedom from unreasonable search and seizures had been violated by federal agents could sue for the violation of the Amendment itself, despite the lack ...
A plea bargain, also known as a plea agreement or plea deal, is a legal arrangement in criminal law where the defendant agrees to plead guilty or no contest to a charge in exchange for concessions from the prosecutor.