But in a four-page letter, Mr. Leibell asked to be spared prison.
(The crusader monk Armond Amaury famously told his troops, when asked whom to spare, "Kill them all, God will know his own").
Congress Party official Rajiv Shukla demanded an apology, and the newly elected Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, said Teresa was a "noble soul" and asked RSS to spare her.
Mr. Ross's father also asked jurors to spare Mr. Ross's life, saying he should be studied to find out what made him kill.
Before the screening of the second episode, the programme's writer, Emma Frost, asked viewers to spare a thought for the sound operator, Matt Gill, adding: "Be nice to him.
It defied a direct appeal from the ICC prosecutor, who asked Pretoria "to spare no effort in ensuring the execution of the arrest warrants".
The UN chief, Ban Ki-moon, has asked Indonesia to spare the Australian pair and eight others in their group from impending execution.
O'Neill, who had asked Kevin Keegan to spare Heskey from England duty to keep him fresh, said: "I was slightly concerned about Emile playing for England but he is perfectly fit and will play.
The reaction of Ms. Mitchell's grief-stricken mother was perhaps more unusual: Emily Mitchell issued a statement to news organizations in which she asked authorities to spare any coyotes involved in the attack.
Merseyside Police said spectators faced security checks to get into Aintree and asked visitors "to spare a thought for residents, who accept the massive influx of people into the area with very good grace".
