Sentence examples for request to plead from inspiring English sources

Despite Mr. Reid's request to plead guilty, his motion asked a judge to delete from the indictment the government's assertions that he received training from Al Qaeda, apparently an effort to contend he was not acting as a member of a terrorist organization.

If the Sept. 11 detainees decide to mount a defense — still an open question given their requests to plead guilty at Guantánamo — prosecutors will have to give their lawyers a mountain of documents, including classified evidence, under the rules of discovery.

After several lawyers with Loyalist leanings refused to defend him, Preston sent a request to John Adams, pleading for him to work on the case.

Manga Bell and the Duala requested permission to send envoys to Germany to plead their case, but the authorities denied them.

In her resignation letter, Leff complained that, once the Deputy Attorney General vetoed a request, she was barred from contacting the White House to plead her case.

Hassler and his mother reportedly hope to plead for a lesser sentence, requesting mental help for him instead.

He asked that he be allowed to plead guilty to capital murder, a request that will probably be denied.

"I have to plead ignorance.

I begin to plead with the Lagosian.

Siblings were enlisted to plead her case.

Transocean agreed to plead guilty this year.