Sentences with phrase «on a plea bargain»

Why not place a moratorium on plea bargaining for a decade or so.

If you can't agree on a plea bargain, you'll need to post bail, ensuring that you'll return to plead your case before a judge.

But some judges impose those minimums with house arrest, while others require incarceration on a plea bargain.

If you can agree on a plea bargain, you'll avoid going to trial.

Counsel for the EFCC, Mr. Nnaemeka Omenwa, told the court that as the settlement terms proposed by the defendants did not comply with the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act on plea bargain, the anti-graft agency was opting for a full trial.

He now finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert DeNiro) after spending eight months is a state institution on a plea bargain.

In a ruling on a plea bargain agreement between Nwosu and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday, Justice Idris held that the N500, 000 fine agreed between Nwosu and the anti-graft agency was far too low compared to the punishment prescribed for money laundering.

After a pretty heated debate, we settled on a plea bargain for the rain to return in August when we're a little more desperate for clouds again.

With her mother (Alfre Woodard) left to look after her three children, Beharie faces a difficult choice: free herself by accepting 10 years» probation on a plea bargain, or allow the case to go to court, which could have much costlier consequences.

Sometimes there is also a question, especially where a conviction is based on a plea bargain, as to whether more or worse wrongs were committed than what formed the basis of the conviction and the resulting sentence.

For example, the Justice Department recently decided to expand its war on drugs by directing more resources to drug arrests and prosecutions and directing U.S. Attorneys to take stronger stances on plea bargaining and sentencing, especially mandatory minimums.

I would definitely do some leg work into the English Legal system's opinions on plea bargains.

At the resumed proceedings on Thursday, however, Omenwa, who appeared for the EFCC, told the court that he was instructed to reject the settlement terms proposed by the defendants because they did not comply with the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act on plea bargain.

He now finds himself living back with his mother (Weaver) and father (De Niro) after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain.