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• n  a humble request for help from someone in authority
• n  (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
• n  an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

• Polanski, who won an Academy Award in 2003 for directing The Pianist, admitted to having unlawful sexual intercourse with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer as part of a plea bargain in .
• Federal prosecutors are hailing Florida professor Sami al-Arian's plea agreement as a victory in the war on terror.
• The plea bargain was a public humiliation for Dwayne Andreas, a political insider who has funneled millions in corporate contributions to Republican and Democratic candidates.

• supplication

News & Articles

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• Plea entered: County man faces 15 years in federal fraud case
  A Caldwell County man has entered a guilty plea to federal charges of defrauding Social Security disability and Medicaid programs for 20 years.
  June 12, 2013 - Princeton Times Leader
• New Plea In Six Year Old Henrietta Murder Case
  A Henrietta man whose guilty plea in his father's fatal stabbing was later thrown out has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
  June 12, 2013 - 1180 WHAM
• Plea hearing scheduled in city bribery case
  A change of plea hearing for Robinson entrepreneur Arthur J. Bedway Jr. has been scheduled for Aug. 6.
  June 11, 2013 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Quotes

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• Billy Martin in Boston Globe (registration)
  Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to these charges and to accept full responsibility for those actions and for the mistakes he has made,Billy Martin, one of Vick's attorneys, said in a statement. "Michael wishes to apologize to...
• Roger Goodell in Reuters
  Goodell told Vick in his letter, "Your plea agreement and the plea agreements of your co-defendants also demonstrate your significant involvement in illegal gambling."
• Joe Biden in Las Vegas Sun
  All are going to have to play a meaningful role in this new government in order for it to work,Biden told Iraqi leaders of some of the top vote-getting political coalitions at a US Embassy reception Sunday evening. "My plea to you is...