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Plea bargain

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003768

An agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and the defendant, where the defendant pleads guilty or no contest to a lesser charge or to one of several charges. In exchange, the prosecutor agrees to recommend a lighter sentence or drop other charges. This process resolves a large percentage of criminal cases in the United States.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003768
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003768",
  "term": "Plea bargain",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and the defendant, where the defendant pleads guilty or no contest to a lesser charge or to one of several charges. In exchange, the prosecutor agrees to recommend a lighter sentence or drop other charges. This process resolves a large percentage of criminal cases in the United States.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/plea-bargain/"
}

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