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REACHING A COMPROMISE.

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While in the police cell awaiting his day in court for his cyber harassment charges, Kapeere hears another cell mate talk about a quicker way to solve his legal issues. 

Kapeere is told this ‘friend’ went to court and accepted his wrong and was given a lighter sentence. Kapeere remembers the police officer telling him that he could be facing up to 3 years imprisonment. Kapeere has realized that what he did to Nakimuli was wrong and he is wondering to what to do to get a better outcome in court.

DOES ADMITTING YOU ARE WRONG MEAN YOU GET A LIGHTER PUNISHMENT?

Admitting that you are wrong in law is called a plea of guilty and such a person that pleads guilty can enter into a plea bargain with the prosecution. 

Plea bargaining means the process between an accused person and the prosecution, in which the accused person agrees to plead guilty in exchange for an agreement by the prosecutor to drop one or more charges, reduce a charge to a less serious offence, or recommend a particular sentence subject to approval by court.

Under this Plea bargaining agreeement, an accused person punishment depends on how the negotiations during the plea bargain go and it can be less than the original maximum punishment the prosecution or court recommended. This means admitting that you are wrong might get one a lighter punishment depending on how they have negotiated with the prosecution during the plea bargain.
REACHING A COMPROMISE

While in the police cell awaiting his day in court for his cyber harassment charges, Kapeere hears another cell mate talk about a quicker way to solve his legal issues. 

Kapeere is told this ‘friend’ went to court and accepted his wrong and was given a lighter sentence. Kapeere remembers the police officer telling him that he could be facing up to 3 years imprisonment. Kapeere has realized that what he did to Nakimuli was wrong and he is wondering to what to do to get a better outcome in court.

DOES ADMITTING YOU ARE WRONG MEAN YOU GET A LIGHTER PUNISHMENT?

Admitting that you are wrong in law is called a plea of guilty and such a person that pleads guilty can enter into a plea bargain with the prosecution. 

Plea bargaining means the process between an accused person and the prosecution, in which the accused person agrees to plead guilty in exchange for an agreement by the prosecutor to drop one or more charges, reduce a charge to a less serious offence, or recommend a particular sentence subject to approval by court.

Under this Plea bargaining agreeement, an accused person's punishment depends on how the negotiations during the plea bargain go and it can be less than the original maximum punishment the prosecution or court recommended. This means admitting that you are wrong might get one a lighter punishment depending on how they have negotiated with the prosecution during the plea bargain.

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