Sentence examples for accepted guilt from inspiring English sources

By her plea, Ms. Brooks accepted guilt on these charges, criminal acts under the Sherman Antitrust Act.

As part of the plea agreement, Lindh accepted guilt on a charge that was not directly related to terrorism: violation of a 1999 executive order forbidding American citizens from contributing "services" to the Taliban.

Total, one of the largest oil companies in Europe, has already accepted guilt over three charges of failing to ensure the safety of its staff and allowing fuel and firewater chemicals to enter the ground water system.

The British arms firm BAE Systems has accepted guilt and agreed to pay penalties in the US and the UK totalling several hundred million pounds to settle all the long-running corruption allegations against it.

The problem, basically, is people don't want to accept guilt," he says.

We should give every victim a right to restorative justice, where an offender accepts guilt.

Serbs are showing little interest these days in accepting guilt for the crimes in the Balkans in the 1990's.

Girouard accepts guilt only for helping Hunsaker and Clagett cover up their crime, which he says he did out of loyalty.

Mr Strauss-Kahn could be asked to accept guilt on much less serious charges than those on the table now and avoid all prison time.

But it also shows that they these prosecutors are willing to take light pleas from defendants who are willing to come to them and accept guilt".

The current name-and-shame approach seems to be a modern version of the ducking chair, where the accused is ducked until they accept guilt, or drown (a sure sign of guilt).