Pleas

agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant

plea where the defendant neither admits nor disputes a charge in criminal trials in certain United States jurisdictions

former British torture method in which a defendant who refused to plead is subjected to having heavy stones placed upon their chest until a plea was entered or death resulted

Type of guilty plea in the United States

In law, a plea is a defendant's response to a criminal charge. A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty. Depending on jurisdiction, additional pleas may be available, including nolo contendere (no contest), no case to answer (in the United Kingdom), or an Alford plea (in the United States).