No standard definition of plea bargaining exists among practitioners. The
             definition of "plea bargaining" varies depending on the jurisdiction and on the context
             of its use. A general definition that serves as a useful starting point to highlight the
             issue is: "the process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work
             out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. It usually
             involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one or some of
             the counts of a multi-count indictment in return for a lighter sentence than that is
             possible for the graver charge". However, the true nature of plea bargaining includes
             situations where judicial review is nonexistent. Additionally judges seldom reject plea
             bargaining agreements involving sentencing recommendations by the prosecutor. The
             variety of concessions extends to the limits of the prosecutor's or judge's imagination.
             A comprehensive definition defines plea bargaining as "the def endant's agreement to
             plead guilty to a criminal charge with the reasonable expectation of receiving some
             consideration from the state." Observers criticized plea bargaining both as an
             "incompetent, inefficient, and lazy method of administering justice" and as a
             compromise of a defendant's right to a jury trial.
             Plea bargaining's resiliency provides at least some benefits to all players in the
             criminal justice system: district attorneys, defense attorneys, defendants, judges and,
             Plea bargaining provides attorneys with quick, efficient method of handling a
             Defendants benefits from plea bargaining are obvious. In exchange for
             pleading guilty and avoiding trial, defendants can receive concessions from the
             prosecutor or the dismissal of some of the charges in their indictment. Although they
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