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Those who will not approve of the verdict, if they state their disapproval, will follow me here to this dock. I know the law, but I also know it in practice. And therefore today, in my final plea, I ask nothing of this court...
...William Warren, a Columbia Dean who had presented the plea for leniency, said that he would enter the same plea for the other 313 students...
...mention of Vellucci's name, while CRIMSON editors jump at the chance to make him appear a beast that never was on land or sea before. It was page one news last spring when Vellucci sat stony-faced through a young girl's tear-laden hour-long plea that her dog would be strangled if a proposed leash law was passed...
Responding to a plea for leniency from Columbia administrators, Criminal Court Judge Arthur Goldberg dismissed charges against the 87 students Wednesday. Judge Goldberg said, however, that the dismissal was not a sign that the demonstrations "were proper or lawful, or that repetition of such acts would be regarded as innocence...
Warren also said that Columbia would make no plea for leniency for 600 other students arrested on charges more serious than trespassing...