Sentence examples for rather than pleading from inspiring English sources

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.

Had he been convicted of all the charges against him at a trial, rather than pleading guilty to reduced counts of manslaughter, alien smuggling and criminal conspiracy, Mr. Lee would have faced up to 80 years in prison.

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".

Garcia had repeatedly lied, Hatter indicated, forcing a long trial rather than pleading guilty like two of his fellow agents.

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.

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.

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".

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.

He had spent a year in jail rather than plead guilty to a shooting in 2015 that he said he did not commit, and his case had become a rallying point for supporters of changing bail laws.