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5 terms
Criminal and Civil Procedures Terms
for Business and Personal Use, 18th edition
Cengage Learning
Chapters 4&5
plea bargaining
(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
immunity
an act exempting someone
burglary
entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
misdemeanor
a minor crime that is usually punished by a fine or jail sentence of less than one year
extortion
getting money by threats