The second volume details the independent counsel's indictments, plea-bargain arrangements and other legal efforts as well as his reports to Congress and administrative documents.

Instead, they culminate in a plea-bargain arrangement that includes a short jail sentence combined with probation and counseling.

The plea was in a complicated plea-bargain arrangement, announced last June, in which he took full responsibility for the crimes and agreed to cooperate with the prosecution.

Three of the coaches pleaded guilty in plea-bargain arrangements and the fourth was acquitted.

Plea Bargain Mr. Hynes soon entered into a plea-bargain arrangement with Robert Riley, one of the 12 teen-agers identified as having been part of the group of whites.

The others pleaded guilty in plea-bargain arrangements and are awaiting sentencing.

Legal experts said that by going beyond discussing Gillooly's story and explaining his client's plea-bargain arrangement, Hoevet may have come preciously close to prejudicing any future legal proceedings.

Under Federal sentencing guidelines for bank robbery, Mr. Schott faces a minimum prison sentence of 15 to 18 years in today's plea-bargain arrangement, Mr. Chertoff said.

The plea-bargain arrangement, coming as the jury was at an impasse but still deliberating in its ninth day, included Mr. Chambers's acceptance of a sentence of 5 to 15 years in prison.

Eventually she was given the test as part of a plea-bargain arrangement.