Sentence examples for took the plea from inspiring English sources
His lawyer took the plea deal — one year at Rikers Island for burglary — but Judge DiMango was not done.
"If I took the plea, I would have had to testify that I did what I did to intimidate Tyler and that would be a lie.
"You never know what a jury is going to do," said Mr. Wexler, explaining why the sheriff, who is facing re-election this year, took the plea.
George Arzt, a spokesman for Mr. Perez, said he took the plea "in the interest of his family, to put an end to the story".
He added that Mr. Martins took the plea to protect another, unidentified person who was with him in his car when he was arrested by a passing police officer in Saratoga Springs, where the company was in summer residence.
De Grasse wanted to pull his fleet out of the bay as a precaution, and it took the pleas of Washington and Rochambeau, delivered to de Grasse by Lafayette, to convince him to remain.
"Take the plea, take the plea.
Take the plea of a police officer offered an all-expense paid wedding by Macy's.
"Our lawyer told us to take the plea," she told me.
