plea
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“Today’s guilty plea makes clear that harming or harassing our marine wildlife has serious consequences.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
After Friday’s plea, his legal team lodged formal arguments that the state proceedings can’t go forward because it would amount to an impermissible second prosecution for the same conduct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mangione entered his plea Friday in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Oakley was not asked to enter a plea during the hearing as Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring sent the case to the Old Bailey.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
I heard him whine a little at the end of his plea.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Whatever was going on, nobody responded to Alcaraz’s desperate pleas for help and the shouts of the other inmates.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
But his pleas for personal trust ring hollow.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
When Savitt informed Wachtell leadership that he and five other partners would be leaving for Gibson Dunn, people familiar with the conversations said leaders made emotional pleas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Over the course of months, investigators made a couple of detentions and conducted a few searches as the Guthrie family made a series of emotional pleas to the kidnappers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Native kid makes impassioned pleas and cultural jokes.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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