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plea bargaining noun [ U ] law uk/ˈpliː ˌbɑː.ɡɪn.ɪŋ/ us/ˈpliː ˌbɑːr.ɡɪn.ɪŋ/ 认罪协商,指被告有机会选择承认犯了较实际更轻的罪,让自己最后免于受审。a legal process in which someone who has been accused of a crime is allowed to admit to being guilty of a less serious crime, in order to avoid a trial the system of plea bargaining 认罪协商机制 See: plea bargain 更多例句- Through plea bargaining , the two were able to evade the murder charge by agreeing to plead guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to violate a person’s civil rights resulting in death.
- Legal experts wonder about the impact on the plea bargaining process.
- The over-reliance on plea bargaining makes it more likely juveniles would be convicted of a crime they did not commit or convicted of a harsher charge than they deserved, the report states.
- Most of the plea bargaining involved people in jail charged with state jail felonies, the least-serious classification of felony crime, such as prostitution, burglary and drug possession.
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