Sentence examples for avoid guilty from inspiring English sources

-Allow minor drug offenders to complete treatment programs before pleading, rather than after, to avoid guilty pleas that could trigger federal penalties including loss of subsidized housing and threat of deportation for non-U.S.

Authorities have long avoided guilty pleas over fears they will destroy the banks and imperil the broader economy.

It would also avoid a guilty finding that could restrict its business activities in Europe.

It would also avoid a guilty finding that could restrict its activities in Europe.

Google would also avoid a guilty finding, which could restrict its activities in Europe.

Although UBS did everything it could to avoid pleading guilty, in the end the Justice Department held firm.

To avoid feeling guilty about them, too, I slept with one of them per night, according to a strict weekly schedule.

The step also signals that Google, having avoided antitrust charges in the United States, has offered concessions that are acceptable to the commission and that would allow the company to avoid a guilty verdict and a huge fine in Europe.

The Justice Department has allowed companies to pay reduced fines and avoid a guilty plea to criminal charges by entering into deferred or nonprosecution agreements because they came forward voluntarily and readily provided information.

He told me in the telephone interview we had that he believes this is the key to enabling him to avoid pleading guilty and agreeing to a prison term: something he has thus far refused to do in part because he insists he did nothing criminal, and in part because he refuses to become a government informant.

However, respondents did not seem to think it would be practical to plan to relocate the car to avoid a guilty conscience.