Sentence examples for base plea from inspiring English sources

I am not making a base plea for erotic fiction, but rather am commenting obliquely on the fact that the plot rests, ultimately, on first Hamilton's, then Jefferson's surrenders to the flesh, yet flesh has but a wan presence in the novel.

It is unfortunate that the S.E.C. rejected many soundly based pleas to allow shareholders to opt out of the rule.

Some 95percentt of federal convictions are obtained by guilty pleas, almost all of them based on plea bargains that prosecutors dictate.

They based their plea largely on testimony from Saint Elizabeths doctors who said Hinckley's depression and narcissism were in remission, meaning he no longer is a danger to society.

Lagarde based her plea on the responsibility of each country to implement measures that would improve economic stability.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan formally administered the sentence on Stamford, Conn., company SAC Capital and three related entities based on pleas last fall by the companies to wire fraud and securities fraud.

"Based on his plea, this mad hatter will no longer be attending any tea parties," said the Morris County prosecutor, Robert Bianchi.

He later said he had agreed to the plea based on his lawyer's incorrect advice that it would not affect his immigration status.

But she did not only deny his plea based on procedure; Ms. Harmon wrote that the scientists' reports were not credible because they each reviewed different kinds of evidence.

The entire system is based on the plea bargain the exchange of evidence for immunity or a reduced sentence and is notoriously subject to abuse.

"I've never seen any case where a person was allowed to withdraw a guilty plea based on his expected treatment in prison".