Word: plea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which has just begun ordaining women as priests, added a new twist to that innovation last week. New York City's liberal Bishop Paul Moore ordained the Rev. Ellen Barrett, 30, the denomination's first openly committed homosexual priest of either sex. In an unusual last-minute plea to prevent the action, Colorado's Bishop William Frey had wired Colleague Moore: "Ordination of practicing homosexuals does not represent the mind of the church and is plainly contrary to the teachings of Scripture which we have all sworn to uphold...
Susan E. Saxe yesterday received a 10 to 12 year prison term after entering a plea of guilty to two charges of robbery and one charge of manslaughter...
...part of her guilty plea, Saxe admitted to taking part in a 1970 bank robbery in which a Boston policeman was killed. John T. Gaffney, first assistant district attorney, said yesterday Saxe was allowed to receive a reduced charge of manslaughter because she felt shooting the patrolman was not warranted in the bank robbery...
...Susan Saxe Defense Committee, denied Gaffney's claim yesterday. "There was no way it is a victory for the prosecution. Gaffney has yet to prove Susan Saxe guilty before a jury, or even guilty of anything. We understand he was afraid of another trial and therefore he initiated the plea bargaining," Kagan said...
...said "The Defense Committee all felt it was a wise decision to enter a guilty plea given political and legal realities of the new judge, of the probability of less peremptory challenges and the climate within the legal system against Susan Saxe, we all agreed it made sense...