plea
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Earlier this month, a widely circulated post on the Gender Crossroads Substack, “A Plea to My Fellow Trans People,” declared the “honeymoon phase for trans acceptance” to be over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Plea agreements are perhaps the most obvious example: Typically, a prosecutor and a defendant will agree on the terms of the plea—what charges the defendant will plead to and what sentence they will serve.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2024
Plea deals are carefully negotiated between defense lawyers and prosecutors over the course of weeks or months and it’s unusual - especially in high-profile cases - for judges to not sign off on them.
From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2023
Plea hearing and provisional trial dates were set during the hearing, for 2 May and 13 November 2023 respectively.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2023
It was considered perfectly acceptable until the mid-nineteenth century, when Latin scholars—notably Henry Alford in his book A Plea for the Queens English—misguidedly called it a crime.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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