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Are the plea of guilty and plea bargaining the same?

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They are both a part of the same process. The defendant (or his attorney) offers something to the prosecutor in exchange for the prosecutors acceptance of a plea of guilty to a lesser offense, or a guaranteed shorter sentence.

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