A fork of Rural Dictionary
Snitching to save your own ass
Jim got busted and is plea bargaining to rat me out
When you sleep with the judge of your trial to get out of serving your sentence
Jason got a Jacksonville Plea Bargain after stealing the Weenie Truck.
1. an effective tool used to avoid those damn juries and hide prosecutorial misconduct, overcharging, and abuse.
2. justice for the indigent or poor people AKA the unresourceful and ineffective
3. The desired result of kidnapping and incarceration for prolonged periods.
Never to be considered coercion or a civil rights violation, even when the accused is innocent.
The court tried to coerce me into a modern plea Bargain by
using threats of prolonged incarceration, but I told the
judge that the real bargain was getting free meals and
a roof over my head without having to work for it.
A way for some offenders to abuse the criminal justice system by avoiding conviction of more serious charges which would result in a sentence that includes a term of incarceration or other requirements that would get in the way of their future criminal activity.
In the plea bargaining phase the defendant was able to negotiate with the help of their attorney a pleas of guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to Commit Murder over Sex Abuse because they didn't want to have to register as a Sex Offender.