prosecutor and defendants to reach an agreement for a guilty plea in exchange for a more lenient punishment.

In civil law jurisdictions, a confession by the defendant is treated like any other piece of evidence. A full confession does not prevent a full trial or relieve the prosecutor from presenting a case to the court.

Types of plea

The most common types of plea are "guilty" and "not guilty".

In some legal systems pleading guilty can result in a more lenient punishment for the defendant, thus

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