But only some; and state prosecutors are still free to threaten defendants with terrifying punishments if they fail to plead guilty or implicate others.
Sullivan wrote that Gutkowski had "failed to plead adequately the compensation term of the putative agreement," and that the "purported oral agreement" was unenforceable.
Federal prosecutors threaten to indict me if I fail to plead guilty to a series of crimes I did not commit.
If their pleading fails to sway the Texas authorities, Duane Buck, 48, will be put to death by lethal injection at 6pm local time.
This dispute was resolved only when a military court of inquiry awarded Muhlenberg temporary command after Sumner failed to appear and plead his case.
And who hasn't pleaded with their car when it fails to start on a frosty morning?
One was denied pro hac vice admission to participate *in a retrial* after the judge found out that he had failed to disclose that he'd pled guilty to criminal contempt of court in his home state in his affidavit before the first trial.
And it should vacate Ms. Chaidez's conviction because her lawyer failed to tell her that pleading guilty could subject her to deportation — and that failure denied her effective counsel.
Every legislative session, without fail, Mascara appears in Trenton to plead his case, passing out gumdrops around the statehouse — to no avail.
The Obama administration failed to offer a nominee until September, pleading the time was needed to find the right executive for the important post.
In 2012 Hill pleaded guilty to having failed to file tax returns for 2005 07.
