"plea-bargain" meaning in English

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        "Alternative form of plea bargain (“an agreement between a defendant and the prosecution in which the defendant agrees to a plea such as guilty or nolo contendere to a lesser charge rather than contesting a greater charge”)."
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        "(US, law) Alternative form of plea bargain (“an agreement between a defendant and the prosecution in which the defendant agrees to a plea such as guilty or nolo contendere to a lesser charge rather than contesting a greater charge”)."
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          "ref": "1979 April 28, Tom Reeves, “Revere Sex Cases Resolved”, in Gay Community News, page 1",
          "text": "[…] former District Attorney, Butters said \"[…] I think the fact that some many plead guilty proves that these cases should have been prosecuted.\" One of those who plea-bargained disagrees. Ed Mede last week pleaded guilty to one count of sex with a minor under 16. \"This does not prove my gilt ,\" he insists. \"It proves the injustice of the whole system. I could not go on paying for my attorney through a long trial. […] I did not want to face life in prison because of the whim of a biased judge or juror.\"",
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        "(US, law) To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one."
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          "word": "vádalkut köt"
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