Word: plea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...distraught. His attorney had twice requested that he be put on a suicide watch, but to no avail. On that last day, after Derrick refused the plea offer, his bail was revoked for no apparent reason. He was so agitated and afraid that he jumped to his death. There is a larger truth to be drawn from his case and countless others about the degree of dehumanization we have allowed to develop in our drug war-driven criminal-justice system and our courts. MARLENE MCCOULLUM New York City...
...this time the white person lost badly. The jury took only 2 1/2 hours to return the toughest verdict possible, capital murder. Jurors then listened to two days of penalty-phase testimony, which included a tearful plea for mercy from Ronald King. He arrived in court in a wheelchair, with an oxygen tube, needed because of his emphysema. Although some in the courtroom were visibly moved by this frail father's appeal, the jury unanimously voted for the death penalty. A critical factor, a juror said later, was that jail officials had recently found an 8-in. homemade knife...
...plans to plea guilty," said Stephen S. Rosenfeld, Kirks' attorney...
...plans to plea guilty," said Stephen S.Rosenfeld, Kirks' attorney...
...focus our critique on a University and College administration which refuses to provide adequate funding and space for student groups, especially minorities. Why is Harvard sinking $4 million into a pretty, new tower atop Sanders Theatre while the students smiling and dancing for admissions brochures inside plea for a student center? It is as though the University is using student groups to authenticate Harvard's "diversity" (its latest marketing gimmick), while ignoring all of serious needs of students...