pleading

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Pleading for leniency, defense attorneys invoked Do’s back story as a man who rose to public service after a childhood in war-ravaged Vietnam.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

The AP’s analysis of Capitol riot sentencing data reinforces a firmly established tenet of the U.S. criminal justice system: Pleading guilty and cooperating with authorities carries a substantial benefit when it comes time for sentencing.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Pleading with Mr Pearson to return home with Jayden, she said: "Please Andy, let the boys be together. Let me be a mum to Jayden and you will always be their dad, no matter what."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2023

Pleading guilty could also allow him to serve his sentence in a federal prison, which could keep him from crossing paths with inmates in state prison whom he might have helped send there.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2021

Pleading and kind words were no longer of any avail.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien