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Agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant
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
Plea_bargain
Answer to a claim made by someone in a common law criminal case
impose a sentence. Plea bargaining involves discussions between the prosecutor and defendants to reach an agreement for a guilty plea in exchange for a
Plea
Canadian serial killer (born 1970)
between 1990 and 1992. Homolka attracted worldwide media attention when a plea bargain with Ontario prosecutors meant she was only convicted of manslaughter
Karla_Homolka
Type of guilty plea in the United States
Webster's New World Law Dictionary defines Alford plea as: "A guilty plea entered as part of a plea bargain by a criminal defendant who denies committing
Alford_plea
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
Plea bargaining in the United States
Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_States
Plea in which the defendant neither admits nor disputes a charge
no-contest plea means that defendants refuse to admit or deny guilt but accept punishment as if guilty, and is often offered as a part of a plea bargain. Defendants
Nolo_contendere
American serial killer (born 1949)
Kenworth truck factory where he worked in Renton, Washington. As part of a plea bargain wherein he agreed to disclose the locations of still-missing women, he
Gary_Ridgway
American convicted of first-degree murder when he was 13 years old (born 1987)
statement, but no gun was recovered. On March 1, 2006, Tate accepted a plea bargain and was to be sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in a sentencing hearing
Lionel_Tate
1990 homicide in Ontario, Canada
2016. Government of Canada, Department of Justice (1999-10-18). "Plea Bargaining". www.justice.gc.ca. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved
Death_of_Tammy_Homolka
American serial killers
due to the couple scouting for an ideal sex slave. Charlene accepted a plea bargain whereby she agreed to testify against Gerald and was sentenced to sixteen
Gerald_and_Charlene_Gallego
American convicted murderer (born 1978)
trial), but hours before his trial was to start, Abramson entered a plea bargain on his behalf. On September 8, 1998, Strohmeyer pleaded guilty to four
Jeremy_Strohmeyer
Former Los Angeles Police officer and convicted criminal (born 1967)
illegal activities, on September 8, 1999, he cut a plea bargain with authorities. In his plea bargain he revealed the Rampart scandal in exchange for immunity
Rafael_Pérez_(police_officer)
First President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina 1991–1992
in 2004 and was the first ever indictee to plead guilty and enter a plea bargain with the prosecution, after which he was sentenced to 13 years in prison
Milan_Babić
American serial killer (1949–1992)
ultimately conducted a plea bargain with the prosecutors to avoid the death penalty in these remaining charges. In this plea bargain, Berdella agreed to
Robert_Berdella
Canadian serial killer and serial rapist (born 1964)
exchange for testifying against Bernardo as part of a controversial plea bargain; she was released from prison in 2005. Bernardo has been denied parole
Paul_Bernardo
Brother of bomber Ted Kaczynski (born 1949)
accept a plea bargain in exchange for a life sentence, was seen by David and other members of his family as a betrayal. Such a plea bargain was eventually
David_Kaczynski
Canadian serial killer (1940–2011)
Reece Dinsdale, David Warner and Lochlyn Munro. Olson's controversial plea bargain is referred to in a panel discussion at a serial killers' convention
Clifford_Olson
Evidence that is material to the guilt or innocence or to the punishment of a defendant
the right to receive materially exculpatory evidence before making a plea bargain, which is how the vast majority of convictions are now obtained. The
Brady_disclosure
American murderer and former police officer (born 1976)
after initially entering a plea of not guilty to the federal charges, Chauvin requested a hearing to offer a revised plea. On December 15, 2021, Chauvin
Derek_Chauvin
Federal Court (STF) approved the agreement on May 18, 2017, based on the plea bargain of the owners Joesley and Wesley Batista and executives of the company
JBS plea bargain in Operation Car Wash
JBS_plea_bargain_in_Operation_Car_Wash
2007, Katsav reached a plea bargain which included his early resignation from office. He left office on 1 July 2007. The plea bargain was ultimately abandoned
Prosecution_of_Moshe_Katsav
Canadian gangster (1947–1991)
1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot. His plea bargain with the Crown in 1971 is one of the most controversial plea bargains in Canadian legal history. Beaucage
Brian_Beaucage
Former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 2003 to 2013
a number of corruption charges, was tried and convicted, and after a plea bargain was rejected, served prison time. Metzger was born in Haifa in 1953.
Yona_Metzger
American figure skater (born 1970)
skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. On March 16, 1994, Harding accepted a plea bargain in which she pled guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution. As a result
Tonya_Harding
Play by Aaron Sorkin, later adapted to film
(junior grade) Daniel Kaffee, a bumbling attorney who enjoys accepting plea bargain deals and avoiding drawn-out trials / courts martial. Lt. Kaffee's casual
A_Few_Good_Men_(play)
Australian WikiLeaks editor (born 1971)
would lose the case, triggering a breakthrough in plea negotiations. On 24 June 2024 a plea bargain was agreed, in which Assange would plead guilty to
Julian_Assange
British businessmen indicted for fraud
Facts which was signed by all three defendants as part of their eventual plea bargain, the Three realized in early 2000 that, because of rises in the stock
NatWest_Three
1997 mass shooting in Tennessee, U.S.
all six of murder. Therefore, before jury selection was completed, a plea bargain was drawn up in which the death penalty was taken off the table if the
Lillelid_murders
American domestic terrorist (born 1966)
Fugitives for five years, until he was caught in 2003. In 2005, as part of a plea bargain, Rudolph pled guilty to numerous state and federal homicide charges and
Eric_Rudolph
American computer hacker and criminal
Gonzalez, 08-CR-10223, case (the TJ Maxx case). According to reports this plea bargain would "resolve" issues with the New York case of U.S. v. Yastremskiy
Albert_Gonzalez
Groups that advocate for child-adult sex
was charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles, accepting a plea bargain in which he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of engaging in unlawful
Pedophile_advocacy_groups
2002–2004 kidnappings in Cleveland, Ohio, US
criminal counts of rape, kidnapping, and aggravated murder as part of a plea bargain. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 1,000 years in prison without
Ariel_Castro_kidnappings
2009 action thriller film by F. Gary Gray
on lowering his high conviction rate due to lack of evidence, makes a plea bargain with the perpetrator, Clarence Darby (Stolte), who pleads guilty to a
Law_Abiding_Citizen
American actress (born 1968)
discovered more cocaine and drug paraphernalia. In November 2001, through a plea bargain, Bleeth pleaded guilty to possessing less than 25 grams of cocaine and
Yasmine_Bleeth
American politician (born 1963)
criminal court as part of a plea bargain related to her extramarital affair with a security officer. Moments after her guilty plea, Barry resigned as mayor
Megan_Barry
2013 United States Supreme Court case
obtained a plea bargain for manslaughter in exchange for her testimony against her aunt and the Michigan trial court approved the plea bargain. While Titlow
Burt_v._Titlow
American doctor and convicted murderer
withdrew, was based on a claim of having been rendered incompetent for plea bargaining by the psychiatric medications she was taking at the time of her hearings;
Debora_Green
American judge
case was a "waste of taxpayer money." On May 16, Olson was offered a plea bargain to reduce his crimes to infractions, which would have given him a punishment
Howard_H._Shore
2011 murder of Jewish boy in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
second-degree murder and one charge of second-degree kidnapping as part of a plea bargain agreement worked out between prosecutors and defense attorneys. On August
Murder_of_Leiby_Kletzky
Perpetrator obtains the victim's agreement by deception
not mentioned in his plea bargain. However, it was later reported that the charge had actually been the result of a plea bargain with the defendant in
Rape_by_deception
are not the same as plea bargain agreements (colaboração premiada) which apply only to natural persons, i.e., people. Plea bargain agreements may be reached
Brazilian_Anti-Corruption_Act
2020s fraud scandal in Brazil
following the conclusion of the plea bargain drafting process. 20 May: The Federal Police rejected Daniel Vorcaro's plea bargain request. The reason for the
Banco_Master_scandal
American hitman (1938–2007)
assassination, and the latter received a ten-year sentence as part of a plea bargain to testify for the prosecution but not against his brother. Without Joe's
Charles_Harrelson
American bank robber (born 1947)
she accepted a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing explosives with intent to murder. As part of a plea bargain, the other charges
Sara_Jane_Olson
2015 killing in North Carolina, U.S.
later reversed by the North Carolina Court of Appeals. After accepting a plea bargain to reduced charges, they were both released from prison in 2024. Jason
Killing_of_Jason_Corbett
41st Governor of Colorado
arose during the campaign over Ritter's use of plea bargains while serving as DA. Ritter had plea bargained 97% of cases that were brought to his office
Bill_Ritter
American serial killer and rapist
convicted, they would seek the death penalty. Because of this, Giles made a plea bargain with prosecutors shortly before the beginning of the trial. He confessed
Bernard_Giles
American former teacher
LaFave, in the summer of 2004 when she was 23 and "M.M." was 14. Lafave's plea bargain included no prison time, opting for three years of house arrest due to
Debra_Lafave
crown attorneys. In July 2007, however, Harvey-Zenk pled guilty in a plea bargain to dangerous driving causing death (a lesser charge) and the other charges
Taman_Inquiry
Trial of 8 members of the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club in 1979
plea bargain where Sauvé and Comeau would serve 14 years in prison. As for the rest of the Port Hope 8, Meinhardt was willing to make plea bargains where
Port_Hope_8_case
Polish and French filmmaker (born 1933)
in 1978, he learned that the judge would likely reject the proffered plea bargain, so he fled the U.S. to Europe, where he continued his career. He remains
Roman_Polanski
Colombian academic and former Soviet spy
States on behalf of the Soviet Union. After a confession and a negotiated plea bargain, she served four years in prison and then returned to Colombia. She has
Rosario_Casas_Dupuy
American serial killers and rapists known as the Tool Box Killers
row at San Quentin State Prison in December 2019. Norris accepted a plea bargain whereby he agreed to testify against Bittaker and was sentenced to life
Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris
Lawrence_Bittaker_and_Roy_Norris
American serial rapist and serial killer (born 1945)
pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder and kidnapping. As part of a plea bargain that spared him the death penalty, DeAngelo also admitted to numerous
Joseph_James_DeAngelo
Filipino former Marine
Cpt. Faeldon released a statement explaining why he in turn would not plea bargain to any of the offenses he was charged with in connection with the alleged
Nicanor_Faeldon
Reform of criminal justice
resolved through plea bargaining, scholars estimate that about 90 to 95 percent of both federal and state court." The process of plea bargaining can undercut
Criminal_justice_reform
American activist (born 1989)
chest, killing him. McDonald was charged with murder, but accepted a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter with a sentence of 41
CeCe_McDonald
Legal maneuver in Brazil's Operation Car Wash
but only five of them became criminal proceedings. The signing of the plea bargain agreement [pt] resulted in several Operation Car Wash offshoots outside
Odebrecht–Car Wash leniency agreement
Odebrecht–Car_Wash_leniency_agreement
US state prosecutor of criminal offenses
investigate persons, grant immunity to witnesses and accused criminals, and plea bargain with defendants. A district attorney or state attorney leads an office
District_attorney
American actress (1961–2021)
charged with domestic violence for an incident involving Finley; in a plea bargain, she agreed to enter a spousal battery counseling program and avoid contact
Tawny_Kitaen
Case of child sexual abuse against director Roman Polanski
but later accepted a plea bargain whose terms included dismissal of the five more serious charges in exchange for a guilty plea to the lesser charge of
Roman Polanski sexual abuse case
Roman_Polanski_sexual_abuse_case
President of Israel from 2000 to 2007
of others. Katsav resigned from the presidency in 2007 as part of a plea bargain. Katsav later rejected the deal with prosecutors and vowed he would prove
Moshe_Katsav
American Catholic priest convicted of sexual abuse of children
A plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was submitted on his behalf by defense lawyer Ray Mouton. In October 1985, Gauthe accepted a plea bargain, pleading
Gilbert_Gauthe
American criminal (1935–2006)
that Malliband was meeting Kuklinski the day he disappeared. After a plea bargain, Kuklinski admitted to shooting Malliband five times, saying, "It was
Richard_Kuklinski
American militant organization (1973–1975)
former member Sara Jane Olson, another fugitive, was convicted in a plea bargain and sentenced for second-degree murder related to a 1975 bank robbery
Symbionese_Liberation_Army
2026 United States Supreme Court case
Court case in which the court held that an appeal waiver included in a plea bargain is unenforceable when it would result in a miscarriage of justice. That
Hunter_v._United_States
2003 military incident in the Philippines
part of the 53 junior officers who were honorably discharged after a plea bargain agreement after four years of detention. Arroyo on May 12, 2008, approved
Oakwood_mutiny
American serial killer (1945–2008)
New York, where he killed a young boy and a girl. Under the terms of a plea bargain, he was allowed to plead guilty to one charge of manslaughter for those
Arthur_Shawcross
American convicted felon and financier
income tax returns, and was sentenced to 12 months in prison despite a plea bargain which proposed she serve five months in jail, and five months in home-detention
Andrew_Fastow
Mexican drug lord (1975)
more than a billion dollars' worth of cocaine and heroin. In a 2013 plea bargain deal which was made public by a U.S. District Court in 2014, Zambada
Vicente_Zambada_Niebla
Legal concept
to the conversation that takes place when a defendant enters into a plea bargain and the judge is supposed to verify that the defendant understands that
Colloquy_(law)
Former leader of the Hells Angels
jury to indict Christie again. On 13 January 2002, Bennett reached a plea bargain with Christie. On 19 March 2002, Christie pleaded guilty to one count
George_Christie_(biker)
Type of legal system
in the United States are handled without trial through such plea bargains. Plea bargains are becoming more common in 27 civil law countries. Law portal
Adversarial_system
American gangster and businessman (1899–1947)
prison sentence plea bargain. On July 30, 1931, Wilkerson refused to honor the plea bargain, and Capone's counsel rescinded the guilty pleas. On the second
Al_Capone
Way to avoid prosecution
Texas) Diversion program (deferred disposition) Miscarriage of justice Plea bargain Prosecutorial misconduct Selective prosecution Sentencing disparity Giudice
Deferred_prosecution
Brazilian meat processing company
engaged in insider trading of dollars in the days leading up to the plea bargain of Joesley and Wesley Batista. The operation also investigated the company's
JBS_N.V.
Defensive plea that lists special reasons why a trial cannot proceed
systems, a plea in bar (known in the United States as a peremptory plea, also known as a special plea in bar, or a special plea) is a plea that sets out
Plea_in_bar
2020 police murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
and Kueng found no pulse when urged to check. Chauvin ignored bystanders' pleas to lift his knee from Floyd's neck. The next day, after videos recorded
Murder_of_George_Floyd
Men convicted of 1993 murders in Arkansas, United States
the West Memphis Three negotiated a plea bargain with prosecutors. On August 19, 2011, they entered Alford pleas, which allowed them to assert their innocence
West_Memphis_Three
Palestinian Christian citizen of Israel convicted of espionage
a time of war, and aggravated espionage for Hezbollah, as part of a plea bargain. The most serious charge, "assisting an enemy in war", which could have
Ameer_Makhoul
2007 gang-related mass murder in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
manslaughter on appeal while Narong had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a plea bargain. Both Le and Narong had served their 18 month sentences at the Willingdon
Surrey_Six_massacre
2025 Japanese animated film by Katsuya Shigehara
had earlier visited Sadakuni, who was imprisoned as a result of the plea bargain the police made with Takashi Washizu, another suspect of the robbery
Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback
Detective_Conan:_One-eyed_Flashback
American serial killer
Obadyah Ben-Yisrayl (born Christopher Dwayne Peterson January 20, 1969) is an American serial killer found guilty of committing four murders and acquitted
Christopher Peterson (serial killer)
Christopher_Peterson_(serial_killer)
Israeli-Moroccan Orthodox rabbi (born 1973)
13, 2012. Estrin, Daniel (September 17, 2014). "Celebrity Rabbi Takes Plea Bargain Over Bribery". ABC News. Associated Press. Archived from the original
Yoshiyahu_Yosef_Pinto
American rapper (born 1970)
oral sex, and accused her of stealing $80,000 in checks. As part of a plea bargain, all three pleaded guilty. Mystikal initially claimed that the incident
Mystikal
2011 crime in Kentucky, US
images and comments from the incident went viral on the internet. In a plea bargain, two 16-year-old boys Frey and Zehnder pleaded guilty to sexual abuse
Sexual assault of Savannah Dietrich
Sexual_assault_of_Savannah_Dietrich
Italian-American mobster (1929–2023)
against Gambino's trucking monopoly. The government offered Gambino a plea bargain that included a guilty admission, a $12 million restitution payment,
Thomas_Gambino
2010 murder in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
her bed, excited to be on the news. Masters and Meidinger reached a plea bargain to testify. On April 12, 2012, Knight pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree
Murder_of_Jennifer_Daugherty
American financier, racketeer and securities fraudster (born 1946)
and securities fraud in 1989 in an insider trading investigation. In a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to securities and reporting violations but not to
Michael_Milken
American convicted of gambling and extortion
making the deal invalid. Márquez's lawyer sought to withdraw the guilty plea, which was denied by the court. Márquez was sentenced to five years' probation
Raymond_Márquez
Colombian drug trafficker
prison outside Medellín. In January 1996, as the result of a sentence plea bargain with the state, Juan David Ochoa Vásquez was released from prison after
Juan_David_Ochoa
American sex offender (1962–2020)
state seeking a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence, she reached a plea bargain calling for six months in jail with three months suspended and no contact
Mary_Kay_Letourneau
Indian-Swedish engineer murdered in South Africa
he too changed his story to allege the husband was the instigator. Plea bargains were offered to the conspirators in exchange for future testimony in
Murder_of_Anni_Dewani
FBI Informant and Ministry of State Security agent (born 1954)
prosecutorial misconduct, but an appeal by the U.S. Attorney resulted in a plea bargain of guilty to lesser charges on December 16, 2005. She was alleged by
Katrina_Leung
Italian sea captain responsible for the 2012 Costa Concordia disaster
Schettino in 2012. Costa declined to fund his legal defence, and after a plea bargain with prosecutors the company joined the proceedings as a co‑plaintiff
Francesco_Schettino
American writer and porn star (born 1974)
publish her life story for US$80,000. In September 1992, after accepting a plea bargain, she pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Joey Buttafuoco denied having
Amy_Fisher
American pornographic film actress
1987). "16 Pandering Counts Against Producer of Sex Films Dismissed in Plea Bargain". Los Angeles Times. p. 10. Retrieved March 3, 2015. "AVN Awards Past
Tracey_Adams
African American man murdered by law enforcement (1973–2020)
convicted of eight crimes. He served four years in prison after accepting a plea bargain for a 2007 aggravated robbery in a home invasion. After he was paroled
George_Floyd
American murder case
28, 2015. Heinrich decided to cooperate with authorities as part of a plea bargain and, on September 1, 2016, led investigators to a burial site. Jacob's
Murder_of_Jacob_Wetterling
Update meeting ordered by court
monitoring.[citation needed] It can also involve the discussion of a plea bargain or result in a settlement. If a party does not attend the status conference
Status_conference
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