Word: plea
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plea of insanity, a cry for love...
...three others on March 30 outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, declared in a court brief that they will argue Hinckley's innocence by reason of insanity. In a case where the facts of the crime are so starkly clear-the defense admits to the shooting-an insanity plea may be Hinckley's only chance for acquittal...
...Hinckley case steps up a debate over the insanity plea...
...meeting with the Liberals, Williams roused the audience with a stirring plea for unity. "We shall never be forgiven-nor should we be," she said, "if we allow struggles over personalities or the pursuit of advantage for one party over the other to deflect us from our purpose." The alliance, she said, would be "nothing less than a new beginning for Britain and our battered and unhappy world...
Jury trials are actually not as common as is generally believed. Of all the criminal jury trials in the world, some 80% occur in the U.S. Yet more than 90% of all cases in the U.S. never come before a jury. Most litigants plea bargain, settle out of court or opt for trial before only a judge. Still, some 300,000 cases a year do come before a jury...