Word: plea
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...driver in 1986. The driver was never caught, but the day after the accident, attorney Barry Krischer was visited by someone who would say only that he or she -- the gender has not been revealed -- may have been involved. The visitor asked Krischer to discuss a possible plea bargain with prosecutors but without revealing a name. The prosecutors refused the anonymous dealing. Baltes' parents brought a $6 million damage suit against the unnamed figure and sought to compel Krischer to provide the name. But state circuit-court Judge Timothy Poulton ruled that under Florida statutes protecting lawyer-client relationships, Krischer...
Marcos is the highest-ranking former foreign official indicted in this country, said U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani. Giuliani refused comment on published reports stating that the indictment was sought after plea bargain negotiations broke down earlier this week...
...Senate. Unable to dominate powerful Capitol Hill committees and staffs for the first time in 26 years, Democrats chafed as Reagan made Congress dance to his less-government tune by advancing deregulation and cutting back on funds for housing, education and college loans. But when Reagan's 1986 plea for continued Republican rule of the Senate failed to persuade enough voters, the Democrats won a 55-45 majority. With a party "more unified than at any time in my 36 years in Congress," says Byrd, they forged a two-year legislative agenda they have largely completed...
...Jackson made his emotional plea for us to find "common ground" this past summer, I sat mesmerized by the eloquence of his words and the power of his message. I was overwhelmed by the progress this nation had made toward racial justice--until the speech was disrupted by the men sitting next...
...That plea was widely interpreted to mean that the government doubted the loyalty of its own troops, and its concern seemed largely justified. Of the nine regional commands in Burma, all headed by brigadier generals, about half are said to remain loyal to Ne Win. But regional command troops are locally recruited and almost certainly would not fire on their own people if ordered; nor would their junior officers. Last week a captain of one of three elite infantry divisions in Rangoon went over to the opposition, creating a new wash of speculation about the fealty of even the most...