<P> The introduction of a limited form of plea bargaining (comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de culpabilité or CRPC, often summarized as plaider coupable) in 2004 was highly controversial in France . In this system, the public prosecutor could propose to suspects of relatively minor crimes a penalty not exceeding one year in prison; the deal, if accepted, had to be accepted by a judge . Opponents, usually lawyers and leftist political parties, argued that plea bargaining would greatly infringe on the rights of defense, the long - standing constitutional right of presumption of innocence, the rights of suspects in police custody, and the right to a fair trial . </P> <P> For instance, Robert Badinter argued that plea bargaining would give too much power to the public prosecutor and would encourage defendants to accept a sentence only to avoid the risk of a bigger sentence in a trial, even if they did not really deserve it . Only a minority of criminal cases are settled by that method: in 2009, 77,500 out of the 673,700 or 11.5% of the decisions by the correctional courts . </P> <P> Plea bargaining (Georgian: საპროცესო შეთანხმება, literally "plea agreement") was introduced in Georgia in 2004 . The substance of the Georgian plea bargaining is similar to the United States and other common law jurisdictions . </P> <P> A plea bargaining, also called a plea agreement or negotiated plea, is an alternative and consensual way of criminal case settlement . A plea agreement means settlement of case without main hearing when the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or for a more lenient sentence and / or for dismissal of certain related charges . (Article 209 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia) </P>

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