What is a Plea Bargain? In a plea bargain, the defendant will plead guilty to an amended charge which is typically lower in severity than the original charge. A plea bargain may be presented or requested based on the following factors: The seriousness of the alleged...

What is an Expungement? An expungement is a court order in which the legal record of an arrest or criminal conviction is sealed and removed from the official record. This is also commonly known as “setting aside a criminal conviction”. Not everyone who has been...