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• n  (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge

• plea bargain

News & Articles

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• Human Rights Watch report details 'coercive' plea bargaining
  Human Rights Watch details 'coercive' federal plea bargaining in a new report. Click to Continue »
  Dec. 2, 2013 - McClatchy Washington Bureau