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Meanings of lesser charge in English

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Usage of lesser charge in English
1
Others would prefer if she agreed to a lesser charge of manslaughter.
The Irish Times
2
I would like to plead my client guilty to a lesser charge.
Rage of angels
3
He was also cleared of the lesser charge of assault by beating.
BBC
4
Therefore he could not be found guilty of a lesser charge of murder.
The Guardian
5
The two men pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in August.
Reuters
6
He later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of careless driving.
Reuters
7
Judge Thokozile Masipa found Pistorius guilty of the lesser charge of culpable homicide.
Radio NZ
8
It was a lesser charge, and I'd worked a deal with the DA.
The king of lies
9
Phillipos is accused of the lesser charge of lying to investigators.
Reuters
10
Jurors should have been allowed to consider involuntary manslaughter, a lesser charge, he said.
Reuters
11
However, he was found guilty on a lesser charge of running an unsafe vessel.
The Irish Times
12
Instead the New Zealand-born forward pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of common assault.
News.com.au
13
Co-accused Matthew Thomas Madams, 37, and a youth accepted a lesser charge of manslaughter.
Radio NZ
14
Others were found guilty of the lesser charge of participating in the criminal gang.
The Irish Times
15
He has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Reuters
16
But she convicted him on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
News.com.au
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New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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