Sentence examples for pleads to avoid from inspiring English sources

Lindh typifies the defendant who pleads to avoid the possibility of execution; the government's reward includes not having to expose security sources (or, perhaps, a weak case) if the case goes to trial.

How do you say no to a child pleading to avoid the shame of coming last in their year at hurdles and their shame spread virally across Facebook?

He is pleading to avoid deportation to Mexico, where an arrest warrant has been issued against him and where he says his life would be in jeopardy.

P54 i Star of reality show Pawn Stars pleads guilty to avoid jail.

"Either the defendant is guilty," she writes, "but gets off easy by copping a plea, or the defendant is innocent but pleads guilty to avoid the risk of greater punishment".

But you don't learn much from a trial in which a defendant pleads guilty to avoid the prospect of excessive punishment.

Edney added, "He either pleads guilty to avoid trial or he goes to trial, and the trial is not a fair process".

"It's sort of the worst of both worlds for him: He pleads guilty to avoid the details of the misconduct going public, but now because of his denials, they're going public anyway," said Hugh Mundy, a professor at John Marshall Law School in Chicago and former federal public defender.

The professor, Amy Bishop, pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty.

Ray pleaded guilty to avoid a trial and a possible death sentence.

Campbell claimed they had pleaded guilty to avoid a longer sentence.