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** Bob's lawyer tries to make a deal, but the prosecution refuses, as their case against him is ironclad.
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** Bob is innocent, but the pressures of being arrested for a crime he didn't commit lead to him pleading out rather than fight for his own innocence and risk spending the rest of his life behind bars.
** Bob is guilty, but takes a bargain and is able to get a slap on the wrist. When he gets out of prison, he goes right back to his criminal ways, but with knowledge of where he screwed up before.
** Bob is innocent, but the pressures of being arrested for a crime he didn't commit lead to him pleading out rather than fight for his own innocence and risk spending the rest of his life behind bars.
** Bob is guilty, but takes a bargain and is able to get a slap on the wrist. When he gets out of prison, he goes right back to his criminal ways, but with knowledge of where he screwed up before.
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** Jon agrees to a plea bargain and honors it. The prosecution however, doesn't keep their word, and gives him a longer sentence, and if he's really unlucky, he is given a sentence which is truly DisproportionateRetribution
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** Jon agrees to a plea bargain and honors it. The prosecution however, doesn't keep their word, and gives him a longer sentence, and if he's really unlucky, he is given a sentence which is truly DisproportionateRetributionDisproportionateRetribution.
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** ???The jurisdiction's court and bar association, however, is ''not'' fond of the prosecution's promise-breaking; the negotiated plea deal for Bob is re-instituted and the prosecutor is threatened with criminal charges of his own, which is then bargained down to essentially a disbarment and early retirement.
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Bob asks his defence lawyer if the judge will reduce his sentence if he pleads guilty, and if that's a wise course of action.
* '''Conversed''':???Carol and Dave are watching a courtroom drama where the defendant is offered a plea bargain and argue over whether it's a potential miscarriage of justice.
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** Jon agrees to a plea bargain and honors it. The prosecution however, doesn't keep their word, and gives him a longer sentence, and if he's really unlucky, he is given a sentence which is truly DisproportionateRetributioDisproportionateRetribution
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** Jon agrees to a plea bargain and honors it. The prosecution however, doesn't keep their word, and gives him a longer sentence, and if he's really unlucky, he is given a sentence which is truly [[DisproportionateRetribution]
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** Jon agrees to a plea bargain and honors it. The prosecution however, doesn't keep their word, and gives him a longer sentence, and if he's really unlucky, he is given a sentence which is truly [[DisproportionateRetribution]
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** The D.A. wants to find out from Bob about other conspirators who weren't caught, but Bob wants to know what's in it for him.
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** Bob doesn't think he's got good odds in court, so he decides not to risk a heavier sentence.
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* '''Basic Trope''': In exchange for a lighter sentence, a person pleads guilty to a crime they committed instead of going to trial.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob pleads guilty to jaywalking, and he receives a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, the arson and murder charges are dropped.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob pleads guilty to jaywalking, and he receives a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, the arson and murder charges are dropped.
** Bob pleads guilty to jaywalking, and he receives a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, the arson and murder charges are dropped.
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* '''Justified''': Usually, trials take several days, weeks, or even months. If a defendant pleads guilty, then there is no need to go through all that rigamarole, and that saves the court system both time and money.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Usually, trials take several days, weeks, or even months. If a defendant pleads guilty, then there is no need to go through all that rigamarole, and that saves the court system both time and money.
** Usually, trials take several days, weeks, or even months. If a defendant pleads guilty, then there is no need to go through all that rigamarole, and that saves the court system both time and money.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob pleads guilty to the charges, and has to go to trial.
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** Bob pleads guilty to the charges, and has to go to trial.
** Bob pleads guilty to the charges, and has to go to trial.
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* '''Subverted''': Bob pleads guilty, but he still faces a lengthy {{Prison}} term.
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** Bob pleads guilty, but he still faces a lengthy {{Prison}} term.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Had he plead not guilty, gone to trial, and been convicted, Bob would be facing a life sentence [[LongerThanLifeSentence (or longer)]], or possibly execution.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
** Had he plead not guilty, gone to trial, and been convicted, Bob would be facing a life sentence [[LongerThanLifeSentence (or longer)]], or possibly execution.
** Had he plead not guilty, gone to trial, and been convicted, Bob would be facing a life sentence [[LongerThanLifeSentence (or longer)]], or possibly execution.
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** Pleading guilty does not change the sentence Bob faces.
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* '''Defied''': Bob maintains his innocence, or refuses to enter a plea, and goes through the trial process.
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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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**Alternatively, the The judge rejects the bargain.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Had he plead not guilty, gone to trial, and been convicted, Bob would be facing a life sentence (or longer), or possibly execution.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Had he plead not guilty, gone to trial, and been convicted, Bob would be facing a life sentence [[LongerThanLifeSentence (or longer), longer)]], or possibly execution.
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*'''Basic Trope''': In exchange for a lighter sentence, a person pleads guilty to a crime they committed instead of going to trial.
*'''Straight''': Bob is charged with ArsonMurderAndJaywalking, and pleads guilty to those crimes. He is sent to {{Prison}}, but for a much shorter term than he normally would have.
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob pleads guilty to jaywalking, and he receives a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, the arson and murder charges are dropped.
*'''Downplayed''': Instead of being executed, Bob is sent to prison for 25 years with possibility of parole.
*'''Justified''': Usually, trials take several days, weeks, or even months. If a defendant pleads guilty, then there is no need to go through all that rigamarole, and that saves the court system both time and money.
** The judge appreciates Bob's honesty, and rewards him by handing down a lighter sentence.
*'''Inverted''': Bob pleads guilty to the charges, and has to go to trial.
** Bob pleads not guilty to the charges and does not have to go to trial.
*'''Subverted''': Bob pleads guilty, but he still faces a lengthy {{Prison}} term.
*'''Double Subverted''': Had he plead not guilty, gone to trial, and been convicted, Bob would be facing a life sentence (or longer), or possibly execution.
*'''Parodied''': After Bob enters his guilty plea, the judge calls him up to the bench, and gives him a literal slap on the wrist, saying he's free to go.
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*'''Averted''': Pleading guilty does not change the sentence Bob faces.
** Bob has not been arrested or charged with any crimes.
** The court system in this setting does not do this.
*'''Enforced''': EaglelandOsmosis, SmallReferencePools, HollywoodLaw, TruthInTelevision
*'''Lampshaded''': "If you plead guilty, you're looking at a maximum of five years in prison. If you choose to go to trial, and you are convicted, then you're looking at 25 years to life in prison. The choice is yours."
*'''Invoked''': Bob actually is guilty of the crime, and 'fesses up.
*'''Exploited''': Bob is hoping to get a lighter sentence, or even [[KarmaHoudini to get off scot-free]].
*'''Defied''': Bob maintains his innocence, or refuses to enter a plea, and goes through the trial process.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
*'''Straight''': Bob is charged with ArsonMurderAndJaywalking, and pleads guilty to those crimes. He is sent to {{Prison}}, but for a much shorter term than he normally would have.
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob pleads guilty to jaywalking, and he receives a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, the arson and murder charges are dropped.
*'''Downplayed''': Instead of being executed, Bob is sent to prison for 25 years with possibility of parole.
*'''Justified''': Usually, trials take several days, weeks, or even months. If a defendant pleads guilty, then there is no need to go through all that rigamarole, and that saves the court system both time and money.
** The judge appreciates Bob's honesty, and rewards him by handing down a lighter sentence.
*'''Inverted''': Bob pleads guilty to the charges, and has to go to trial.
** Bob pleads not guilty to the charges and does not have to go to trial.
*'''Subverted''': Bob pleads guilty, but he still faces a lengthy {{Prison}} term.
*'''Double Subverted''': Had he plead not guilty, gone to trial, and been convicted, Bob would be facing a life sentence (or longer), or possibly execution.
*'''Parodied''': After Bob enters his guilty plea, the judge calls him up to the bench, and gives him a literal slap on the wrist, saying he's free to go.
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Pleading guilty does not change the sentence Bob faces.
** Bob has not been arrested or charged with any crimes.
** The court system in this setting does not do this.
*'''Enforced''': EaglelandOsmosis, SmallReferencePools, HollywoodLaw, TruthInTelevision
*'''Lampshaded''': "If you plead guilty, you're looking at a maximum of five years in prison. If you choose to go to trial, and you are convicted, then you're looking at 25 years to life in prison. The choice is yours."
*'''Invoked''': Bob actually is guilty of the crime, and 'fesses up.
*'''Exploited''': Bob is hoping to get a lighter sentence, or even [[KarmaHoudini to get off scot-free]].
*'''Defied''': Bob maintains his innocence, or refuses to enter a plea, and goes through the trial process.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
