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‘To encourage the defendant to cop a plea, some reduction in the charge is usually offered.’
‘Let's say I walked after copping a plea to obstruction of justice.’
‘The nine defendants, advised by their lawyers to cop a plea of guilty in return for ‘lighter’ prison sentences, mounted their own defence and were eventually acquitted of the charges by an all white jury.’
‘In Germany, meanwhile, an accused MP cops a plea, or plans to anyway.’
‘Leon had copped a plea of guilty for solicitation and accepted the penalty of time served - a charge for which he had previously done real time.’
‘I think they were trying to get the defense to cop a plea in that case.’
‘You can defend yourself against an indictment or you can cop a plea.’
‘When common criminals are allowed to cop a plea, they plead guilty first as part of the bargain.’
‘Until today that is, when he copped a plea in U.S. District Court in Concord.’
‘Anybody else in this industry would have already copped a plea, and that's just what the government wants.’