Take oil and fresh water… The endless campaign ReprintsBut last week they were released in a sudden, stunning plea-bargain.
His testimony was one of the crucial elements that led Justin A. Volpe to enter his stunning midtrial plea last May, admitting that he had sodomized Mr. Louima in the 70th Precinct station house bathroom with a broken broomstick.
And let's not forget the barrage of same-sex marriage proposals (set in Central Park, Home Depot and onstage at a Garbage concert), that stunning Bar Mitzvah equality plea and, of course, Tom Daley's surprise revelation.
The guilty plea marks a stunning new low for Petraeus, a four-star general once entrusted with the country's defining military missions and most closely held secrets.
Obama goes on to admit that by hanging around with these people, he was becoming "more like" them, and Frank — refusing to plea-bargain this stunning confession for a milder sentence — agrees, then piles on.
In a hearing in January, when the new lawyer, Lance Croffoot-Suede, said Mr. González had decided to withdraw his plea, Judge Pauley said the request was "rather stunning".
The 99.8percentt conviction rate doesn't sound so stunning when it's followed by an 89percentt, reduced charge, plea deal disclosure.
Baca's guilty plea Wednesday to making a false statement marked a stunning reversal for the longtime law enforcement leader who had previously insisted he played no role in the jail scandal.
In a stunning turnaround, after days of wrangling, the Justice Department and Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency employee, have reached a plea bargain agreement in which Drake will plead guilty to one misdemeanor charge of intentionally exceeding the authorized use of his government computer, in order to share its contents with unauthorized persons.
In a stunning move Monday, attorneys representing convicted killer Jodi Arias announced they would not be calling a single witness to plea for her life in the penalty phase of her trial.
