据布莱克法律词典的定义,辩诉交易是指在刑事被告人就较轻的罪名或者数项指控中的一项或者几项作出有罪答辩以换取检察官的某种让步,通常是会作出较轻的判决或者是撤销某些其他指控的情况下,检察官和被告人之间经过协商达成的协议。在陪审团审判制度风靡美国时,辩诉交易也悄然而生。辩诉交易的形成与当时的社会状况和审判制度息息相关。 According to Black’s Law Dictionary, plea bargaining refers to a guilty plea made by a criminal defendant in the light of one or more counts of lesser offenses or allegations in return for some concession by a prosecutor, usually a lesser Judgment or revocation of some other allegations, the agreement reached between the Prosecutor and the accused. When the jury trial system swept the United States, plea bargaining emerged quietly. The formation of plea bargaining is closely related to the prevailing social conditions and trial system.