Antedating of "Plea Bargaining"

[Fred Shapiro]

plea bargaining (OED 1964)

1932 _Yale Law Journal_ 42: 192  There is a growing demand for assumpiton
of ever greater responsibility by the agencies of prosecution, fostered by
the recognition of plea-bargaining and administrative handling as existing
practices.

Fred Shapiro


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