Allocution is sometimes required of a defendant who pleads guilty to a crime in a plea bargain in exchange for a reduced sentence.

Alford was sentenced to thirty years in prison, after the trial judge in the case accepted the plea bargain and ruled that the defendant had been adequately apprised by his lawyer.

" 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 the crime or who does not actually admit his guilt.

It affords defendants the ability to accept a plea bargain, while maintaining innocence.

" Bibas notes that prominent plea bargain critic Albert Alschuler supports the use of this form of plea, writing, " He views them as a lesser evil, a way to empower defendants within a flawed system.

They point out that most cases in adversarial systems are actually resolved by plea bargain and settlement.

In addition, proponents of inquisitorial systems argue that the plea bargain system causes the participants within the system to act in perverse ways, in that it encourages prosecutors to bring charges far in excess of what is warranted and defendants to plead guilty even when they believe that they are not.

The usual incentive to cooperate is some form of plea bargain i. e. an offer to drop or reduce criminal charges against a suspect in return for full cooperation.

A plea bargain ( Strafbefehl ) is not applicable for felony crimes at all.

Nevertheless, the vast majority of criminal cases are in fact settled by plea bargain, which removes the need for a jury trial.

The vast majority of US criminal cases are not concluded with a jury verdict, but rather by plea bargain.

Both prosecutors and defendants often have a strong interest in resolving the criminal case by negotiation resulting in a plea bargain.

Michael Chertoff, then-head of the criminal division of the U. S. Department of Justice, then directed the prosecutors to offer Lindh a plea bargain, to which, Lindh would plead guilty to two charges: — supplying services to the Taliban (,,, and ) and carrying an explosive during the commission of a felony ().

As another result of Lindh's plea bargain, a Son of Sam law was invoked.

On October 31, 2001, she accepted a plea bargain and pled guilty to two counts of possessing explosives with intent to murder.

As part of a plea bargain, the other charges were dropped.

Immediately after entering the plea, however, Olson told reporters that she was innocent and that she had decided to take a plea bargain due to the climate after the September 11 attacks, in which she felt an accused bomber could not receive a fair trial from a jury.

She was sentenced on February 14, 2003 for the maximum term allowed under her plea bargain, which was a six-year term concurrent to the 14-year sentence she was already serving.

Davis attempted to pursue the case in the courts, before eventually dropping the proceedings in a plea bargain in order to recover his suspended Cabaret Card, enabling him to return to work in New York clubs.

After a plea bargain, he pled guilty to six securities and reporting violations but was never convicted of racketeering or insider trading.

Drexel management immediately began plea bargain talks, concluding that no financial institution could survive a RICO indictment.

The defense counsel will then make a " plea in mitigation " ( also called " submissions on penalty ") wherein he or she will attempt to mitigate the relative seriousness of the offense and heavily refer to and rely upon the defendant's previous good character and good works ( if any ).

An Alford plea ( also called a Kennedy plea in the state of West Virginia, an

The painting was also seen as a plea for the people to reunite after the bloodshed of the revolution.

The year 410 also saw Honorius reply to a British plea for assistance against local barbarian incursions, called the ' Rescript of Honorius '.

Michael Robert Milken ( born July 4, 1946 ) is an American business magnate, financier, and philanthropist noted for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ( also called " junk bonds ") during the 1970s and 1980s, for his 1990 guilty plea to felony charges for violating US securities laws, and for his funding of medical research.

" It is also referred to as a plea of no contest.

Bukharin himself speaks of his " peculiar duality of mind " in his last plea, which led to " semi-paralysis of the will " and Hegelian " unhappy consciousness ", which likely stemmed not only from his knowledge of the ruinous reality of Stalinism ( although he could not of course say so in the trial ) but also of the impending threat of fascism.

The lack of compulsory prosecution also gives prosecutors greater discretion as well as the inability of crime victims to mount a private prosecution and their limited ability to influence plea agreements.

Like other common law jurisdictions, the Crown can also agree to withdraw some charges against the defendant in exchange for a guilty plea.

A plea bargaining, also called as plea agreement or negotiated plea is an alternative and consensual way of criminal case settlement.

If the court satisfies itself that the defendant fully acknowledges the consequences of the plea agreement, and he / she was represented by the defense council, his / her will is expressed in full compliance with the legislative requirements without deception and coercion, also if there is enough body of doubtless evidence for the conviction and the agreement is reached on legitimate sentence-the court approves the plea agreement and renders guilty judgment.

Poland also adopted a limited form of plea bargaining, which is applicable only to minor felonies ( punishable by no more than 10 years of imprisonment ).

" " Intelligent " has been described as " also an elusive term, meaning that the defendant knows his rights, the nature of the charge to which he is pleading, and the consequences of his plea.

In the U. S. federal system, the court must also satisfy itself that there is a factual basis for the guilty plea.

( Note: the first two alphabets of the word " plea " is also PL ).

* Nolo contendere, a plea in a criminal court case ( also known as no contest )

* Joyce Carol Oates ' short story In the Region of Ice contains the dialog between Claudio and his sister, and also parallels the same plea with the student, Allen Weinstein, and his teacher, Sister Irene.

The most important of these found him in agreement with Hough's plea for reform.

" As part of a plea agreement, Capp pleaded guilty to the charge of " attempted adultery " ( adultery was, and as of 2011 still is a felony in Wisconsin ) and the other charges were dropped.

* The issue of competency is whether a defendant is able to adequately assist his attorney in preparing a defense, make informed decisions about trial strategy and whether or not to plead guilty or accept a plea agreement.

* 1998 – A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives " Unabomber " Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

The main danger to be guarded against in these cases is that the prosecutor is persuaded to agree to a plea or a basis that is not in the public interest and interests of justice because it does not adequately reflect the seriousness of the offending ... Any plea agreement must reflect the seriousness and extent of the offending and give the court adequate sentencing powers.

Thus, weaker cases result in more lenient plea bargains, and stronger ones in relative harshness, but both result in an agreement.

For example, if a prosecutor has only a 25 % chance of winning his case and sending the defendant away to prison for 10 years, he may make a plea agreement for a sentence of one year ; but if plea bargaining is unavailable, a prosecutor may drop the case completely.

An 11 ( c )( 1 )( B ) agreement does not bind the court ; the prosecutor's recommendation is merely advisory, and the defendant cannot withdraw his plea if the court decides to impose a sentence other than what was stipulated in the agreement.

When such an agreement is proposed, the court can reject it if it disagrees with the proposed sentence, in which case the defendant has an opportunity to withdraw his plea.

Plea bargaining ( Georgian: საპროცესო შეთანხმება, literally " plea agreement ") was introduced in Georgia in 2004.

A plea agreement means settlement of case without main hearing when the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or for a more lenient sentence and / or for dismissal of certain related charges.