plea

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At least 28 of them have taken plea deals.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Fernandez signed a guilty plea to life without the possibility of parole but later filed a resentencing petition, arguing that she was coerced into the plea and that her state-appointed defense attorney provided ineffective counsel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The sons had helped one of the scheme’s orchestrators resolve issues with Maduro “by intervening with their mother,” the banker told prosecutors as part of his guilty plea to a money-laundering charge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Ortiz, who could face a life sentence, remains in detention and entered her plea on Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court through her attorney.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

But what could it possibly have mattered to them that, after the broken treaty and Neto’s desperate plea for help, the Cubans were the only ones to answer it?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver