Sentence examples for rather than plead from inspiring English sources
In an interview afterward, he said he was prepared to take his chances in court rather than plead guilty, adding: "I don't believe in miracles.
This is an unusual admission from a defendant who took his case to trial rather than plead guilty, which can result in a reduced sentence under the advisory guidelines for "acceptance of responsibility".
Meghan, through a mix-up, once found herself in France with no place to stay, and slept in a bookstore rather than plead her case at the American Embassy.
But rather than plead nepotism, he harnesses up the reindeer one night and embarks on a secret mission to gather up the other naughty children and bring them back home, where they can plead their own cases directly to Santa.
As Shtulman (2006) notes, this may not be a deeply-considered response, because "those who do not endorse the claim that Darwin's theory of evolution has been well supported by evidence tend to endorse the alternative claim (i.e., that Darwin's theory of evolution has not been well supported by evidence) rather than plead ignorance".
Defense lawyers said that once Mr. Ravi had decided to take his chances at a trial rather than pleading guilty, there were few options for the defense.
If the turbine-makers were to lobby for this, rather than pleading for a guaranteed market share, it would be a sign of an industry confident of its future.
One of the most frequent explanations for differential outcomes is that distrust of the justice system encourages ethnic minority defendants to opt for jury trial rather than pleading guilty at magistrates court, where they might receive a lower sentence.
And, rather than pleading for taxonomical frugality, he suggests: "What is required in order for the form to grow and become much more clearly defined is further innovation – either to make the perception of what such work is clearer, or for artists to push the form further to make work even more interactive".
Rather than endlessly pleading prior engagements or explaining your diet, why not bring your own lunch and ask the restaurant's manager to plate it for you?
In fact, at times it felt like Hayes had gone for a full, exhaustive trial rather than just pleading guilty in order to spread some muck around.
