Its basicly when a person who's charged with some crime pleads guilty to a lesser one, agreed uppon by the prosecutor. Its used to help with the congestion in the court system, which is swamped with cases
Another variety of plea bargain occurs when the prosecutor agrees to limit the maximum sentence on a case in exchange for a guilty plea by the defendant.
I had to sign a diversion agreement which is similar to a plea bargin. I was offered the agreement because I had never been arrested or convicted of a crime and my minor consumption arrest was the first. The diversion agreement allowed me to meet certain terms of probation without any prosecution. It cost me $350 to sign it and took a year to complete, but in return I am left with nothing on my record. Plus it was an easy $350 for the county since the prosecutor just had to show me where to sign.
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