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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. These concessions can include a reduction in the severity of the charges, the dismissal of some charges, or a more lenient ...
Plea bargaining in the United States is very common; the vast majority of criminal cases in the United States are settled by plea bargain rather than by a jury trial. [1] They have also been increasing in frequency—they rose from 84% of federal cases in 1984 to 94% by 2001. [ 2 ]
In a plea bargain, a defendant makes a deal with the prosecution or court to plead guilty in exchange for a more lenient punishment, or for related charges against them to be dropped. A "blind plea" is a guilty plea entered with no plea agreement in place. [3] Plea bargains are particularly common in the United States. [4]
The military judge hearing the 9/11 case, Air Force Col. Matthew McCall, had agreed that Austin lacked standing to throw out the plea bargains after they were underway.
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie man's trial on seven charges, including attempted murder, came to an abrupt end Thursday when he negotiated a plea agreement with prosecutors.
The deal calls for Posey to be sentenced to a year on probation, including three months on electronic home detention. Judge sets Jan. 31 hearing to consider plea bargain in ex-Muncie officer's ...
[3] [4] Plea bargaining is pervasive in the United States, with most criminal defendants accepting a plea deal rather than going to trial. [5] At the federal level, just 2% of defendants elect to go to trial. [6] The constitutionality of plea bargaining has been repeatedly affirmed by the United States Supreme Court (e.g. Brady v.
Before trial, the prosecution offered Cooper a plea bargain to dismiss two charges and recommend a sentence of 51 to 85 months on the other two in exchange for a guilty plea. Cooper expressed willingness to accept the deal and plead guilty, but later rejected the offer and went to trial.