The phrase "a form of plea" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing different types or categories of requests or appeals, often in a legal or emotional context.
Example: "The defendant submitted a form of plea to the court, seeking leniency in sentencing."
Alternatives: "a type of appeal" or "a kind of request".
It is rare for a defendant to plead guilty in the US to such a broad range of crimes without any form of plea deal.
Wrangling over waivers is an important part of the negotiations when companies accused of fraud discuss a settlement with the S.E.C., and sometimes it can involve a form of corporate plea bargaining to a lesser charge.
The awkward affixing of a happy ending to a fundamentally tragic story was a form of prayer, a plea that life might imitate art.
They were finally released in 2011, but as they were waiting to introduce new exonerating DNA evidence to a Federal Court Appeal (something that could have taken years; years they didn't have, as Echols's execution was getting ever closer) they were offered a very rare form of plea know as an Alford Plea.
Yesterday US sources revealed that prosecutors are awaiting a decision from the American Attorney-General, Eric Holder, on what form of plea bargaining they should offer to Manning in return for him incriminating Mr Assange as a fellow conspirator in disseminating the classified information.
The US Attorney General, Eric Holder, is said to be considering what form of plea bargain may be offered to the soldier if he were to incriminate the WikiLeaks chief as a fellow conspirator in disseminating classified information.
The plea of vital interest is politically seductive because it frames aggression as a form of defense.
The inmates' plea may also seem myopically focussed on one means of death when it is the end — execution as a form of punishment — that should be judged.
