Guilty Plea stories:
Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba
Nov 20th, 2009 - Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government.
Court filings: Accused spy couple to plead guilty
Nov 20th, 2009 - Boston
WASHINGTON—A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of three decades of spying for Cuba are preparing to plead guilty in the case, according to a Friday court filing. Walter Kendall Myers...
Smart Kidnapper's Apology Could Reap Forgiveness
Nov 18th, 2009 - ABC News
An apology and a guilty plea to federal charges will likely bring the woman who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart the very thing she says she wants - forgiveness from Smart and her family.
"Absolutely," Elizabeth's father...Kidnapper's apology, guilty pleas could reap forgiveness from Elizabeth Smart and family
Nov 18th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - An apology and a guilty plea to federal charges will likely bring the woman who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart the very thing she says she wants - forgiveness from Smart and her family.
"Absolutely," Elizabeth's father...Guilty plea in Wash. shooting spree that killed 6
Nov 17th, 2009 - Washington Post
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison.
Guilty Plea videos from YouTube:
3:50Morrissey - I've Changed My Plea To Guilty (full version)
As requested, here is the complete version of the song from the Jonathan Ross show, Channel 4 (UK TV) December 1990.
1:49Not Guilty Plea for BART Officer
The BART officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man on New Year's Day pleaded not guilty Thursday. Johannes Mehserle was ordered held without bail. (Jan. 16)
1:42Ex-financier Madoff jailed after guilty plea - 12 Mar 09
Bernard Madoff, a now-disgraced US financier, has pleaded guilty to - and apologised for - what's been billed as one of the biggest fraud schemes on Wall Street. Madoff was remanded into police custody after admitting to his part in the multi-billion dollar swindle ...
1:17Funeral Director Guilty Plea in Body Parts Scam
A funeral director who authorities said conspired to illegally harvest body parts from corpses pleaded guilty Wednesday to 248 felonies related to the case. (Aug. 13)
Guilty Plea from WikiPedia:
In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a civil or criminal case under common law using the adversary system. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion by a criminal defendant at arraignment, or otherwise in response to a criminal charge, whether that person pled Guilty, Not Guilty or Nolo Contendere.
The concept of the plea is one of the major differences between criminal procedure under common law and procedure under the civil law system. Under common law, a plea of guilty by the defendant waives trial of the charged offenses and the defendant may be sentenced immediately. This produces a system under American law known as plea bargaining.
In civil law jurisdictions, there is generally no concept of a plea of guilty. A confession by the defendant is treated like any other piece of evidence, and a full confession does not prevent a full trial from occurring or relieve the plaintiff(s) from its duty of presenting a case to the trial court.
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