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The bishop had consistently refused to accept Father Lawson's pleas, on the advice of doctors, to drop one of his two parishes – St Paul's, Hurlford – while convalescing.
And just two months ago, the then education secretary, Ed Balls, backed by a report from one of his key advisers, Professor David Woods, rejected the parents' pleas on the grounds that they would damage other schools in the area.
The court entered not guilty pleas on the defendants' behalf.
Mr. Gore's early pleas on the Balkans likewise went unheeded.
In California, election officials posted pleas on the Internet.
The men did not enter pleas on the charges.
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Milosevic, having already refused to accept counsel or to enter a plea on the ground that the entire proceeding was illegitimate, spat out his one-line response.
He was then asked for his plea on the charge of murdering PC Hughes.
Huhne entered the plea on the first day of his trial at Southwark crown court on Monday.
His lawyer, Joseph Wicklow, said, "If we enter a plea on the 28th, it will be not guilty".
He was scheduled to return to court next Tuesday to enter a plea on the remaining charges.
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