Meanings of taking a plea in inglés

Rafael had no interest in taking a plea.

It would be bad form for a judge to publicly bully a defendant into taking a plea.

Yara had insisted she wasn't involved, resisted taking a plea till the last possible second, and even then she'd refused to testify against her boyfriend.

Salling was facing up to 20 years behind bars, but after taking a plea deal, was looking at spending four to seven years in jail.

He praised Manafort, saying he was "brave" and that he had refused to "break" by cooperating with Mueller or taking a plea deal.