plea bargain   (TTS Sound)

The plea_bargain has 1 Senses.

• plea bargaining, plea bargain
• 司法取引
• (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; "his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor"; "plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested"
• 被告がより軽い罪について有罪の抗弁をすることに同意し、検察官がより重い罪をあきらめることに同意する交渉