Sentence examples for but instead pleaded from inspiring English sources

She never screamed but instead pleaded.

The latest was Richard Causey, Enron's former chief accounting officer, who was to have gone on trial but instead pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud.

In March 1979 at Stafford Crown Court he pleaded not guilty to murder but instead pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

The suspect, David R. Waters, indicted on five charges of kidnapping and extortion in the O'Hair case, instead pleaded guilty last week to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and extortion.

Rankine denied a charge of affray and instead pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after appearing at York Crown Court on 1 September.

Having failed to strip the feds of the authority to raid medical-marijuana clubs, advocates have instead pleaded with them not to exercise it.

Mix was granted a retrial owing to juror misconduct and instead pled guilty to misdemeanor computer fraud charges.

The notes were important to Andersen's legal strategy because of Mr. Duncan's decision to abandon his previous position, that he had committed no crime, and instead plead guilty.

At credible fear interviews — a crucial step in the asylum process in which an immigration officer asks questions to determine whether an immigrant's fear of returning home is genuine — mothers reported being unable to answer basic questions and instead pleading with officers for information about their kids.

It was a case of police entrapment, common in those years, but instead of pleading no contest to avoid a public trial, as homosexuals usually did, Mr. Jennings, at Mr. Hay's insistence, went to trial with a lawyer hired by Mattachine, and swore that yes, he was homosexual, but no, he had not solicited.

Mr. Blunkett said he would keep the House in session all Wednesday night if he had to, but he pleaded instead for a compromise to speed its passage.