Likewise, Mr Fastow, the government's star witness, accepted a ten-year jail sentence under a plea bargain.
Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) went even further, calling any thought of a "plea bargain" unconstitutional.
The founders might have accepted a plea bargain to avoid a lengthy jail sentence.
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She explained that Bebb-Jones had pleaded guilty to second degree murder using a plea bargain.
Hours earlier, Roth had accepted a plea bargain in the fake-drowning case that included a 90-day jail sentence.
As part of her plea bargain, prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of 10 to 12 years in prison.
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The sentence was the result of a plea bargain between lawyers for Mark Bassely Youssef and federal prosecutors.
The strange thing, says Mr Abbott, was that Ms Crispin had no interest whatsoever in a plea bargain.
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As part of a plea bargain, Homolka served 12 years in prison and was released a few years ago.
The former president of Hollinger International struck a plea bargain with American prosecutors.
He hired a new lawyer and agreed to a plea bargain in which he'd cooperate against Bacanovic and his client.
Was he hinting at a plea bargain under which he might talk in exchange for not facing the death penalty?
Apparently surprised by the news, Avon executives can now begin the process of groveling their way to a plea bargain.
And if their opening arguments are indicative of the strength of their defense, Lay and Skilling should cop a plea bargain.
Agnew agreed to a plea bargain and resigned from office on Oct. 10, 1973, paving the way for Rep. Gerald R.
Mr. Sandusky will now remain under house arrest and there has been no discussion of a plea bargain, Mr. Costanzo said.
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Over the next 18 months, during plea bargain discussions, the prosecutor would insist that Swartz be labeled forever as a felon.
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Anders Hoegstroem, a former neo-Nazi leader, admitted theft under a plea bargain last month and will be moved to Sweden to serve his sentence.
His assets frozen, Dr. Gleason, represented by an appointed Federal Defender, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in a plea bargain.
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Her lawyer, Galen Clark (paid-up member of the Kentucky Bar) said the prosecutor tried to negotiate a plea bargain but Tarpinian refused.
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He was sentenced to 18 years in prison following a plea bargain.
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In 1978, he pleaded guilty to unlawful sex following a plea bargain.
As part of a plea bargain, Homolka served 12 years in prison.
Perez's plea bargain confession led to nearly 100 tainted convictions being overturned.
He later admitted the charge following a plea bargain with US prosecutors.
Trying to force Swartz (or anyone) to take a plea bargain by throwing the book at him erodes our right to a trial by jury.
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And their findings were crucial to the outcome because in Georgia, as in many other states, a plea bargain cannot be accepted without corroborating evidence.
In a plea bargain, Prokopi gave up any claim to the skeleton as well as to others seized by authorities which included remains from China.
He could make an uncharacteristic admission of guilt and plea bargain.
Details of his plea bargain have been kept secret however, as Judge Robert Dawson said he was "concerned, deeply concerned" about pre-trial publicity surrounding the case.
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