Sentence examples for plead even from inspiring English sources

She also said Mr. Jovanovic's refusal to plead even to a misdemeanor, while very risky, was logical.

With Belgium it has been Marc Wilmots' job for the past four years to cram his head in through the window and plead, even quite angrily at times, for the Hazard gears to click and the Hazard legs to start whirring in that way that seems to make every other player on the pitch simply stop and watch for a moment.

We – my older brother, father, and I – had warned and pleaded, even begged him not to move to New York.

Perhaps Ms. Ryder was unwilling to plead guilty even to a misdemeanor, he theorized.

Family portraits on wheels Cowboys v Feds Because men are not angels ReprintsWillingham insisted on his innocence, refusing to plead guilty even to avoid execution.

A | Critics say it is undermining the justice system by encouraging impoverished defendants to plead guilty,  even if they are not.

In an interview this week, Mr. Wigton's lawyer, Stanley S. Arkin, said: "They leaned on me very hard to have him plead guilty even though I believed he wasn't guilty.

"I didn't feel at all guilty about what I did, so I couldn't plead guilty, even though I would get a more lenient sentence," she says.

He said he would plead guilty even as he continued to repeat his contention that he was not directly involved in the Sept. 11 plots.

Over the years those convictions have been called into question, and the men were freed on Aug. 19 in an arrangement that required them to plead guilty, even as they continue to maintain their innocence.

Last year Mr. Echols, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Misskelley were released, after almost 20 years, in a deal that required them to plead guilty even though they continue to maintain their innocence.