2 Laoag City PDLs eye plea deals for their cases

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff Reporter

Laoag City—The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Laoag City has reported that two persons deprived of liberty (PDL) are eyeing plea bargain agreements with their respective cases.

Laoag City Jail officer-in-charge J/Sr. Insp. Frederick Pang-ag disclosed that two PDLs are both facing illegal drug cases. Hearing for their respective cases, however has yet to start.

Mr. Pang-ag added that the city jail paralegal officer collects all details regarding PDLs who intend to enter a plea bargain agreement with prosecutors regarding their cases.

A plea bargain—also plea agreement or plea deal—is an agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant agrees to plead guilty or “nolo contendere” [no contest] to a particular charge in return for some concession from the prosecutor.

This usually consists of a deal being made between the prosecutor and the defense. An example of plea bargain agreement is when the prosecution offers to drop a more serious charge against the accused in exchange for guilty plea of a lesser charge and the prosecutor and defense come to an agreement to resolve the case.

Mr. Pang-ag said that his office is very much willing to assist any of the PDLs who applies for the said bargain to lessen charges against them.

This scheme, Mr. Pang-ag believes, will help solve the city jail’s congestion problems as PDLs’ numbers continue to rise, especially those facing illegal drug charges.

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