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Defence solicitor advocate Neil Wilson said that Melville was in no doubt about the seriousness of what he had pled guilty to.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2023

Following in the footsteps of former White House counsel John Dean and other White House aides and campaign officials who already had pled guilty, Mitchell, Ehrlichman, and Haldeman eventually were convicted and went to prison.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

“Hopefully the authorities will reunite you with your family as soon as possible,” he told Villata, before the defendant, who had pled guilty and was sentenced to time served, was led out of court.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2018

Ten years before that, Rowland had pled guilty to corruption charges arising from his tenure as the governor of Connecticut.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2018

The men of Leipzig feared the work of Luther, and the rector of the University had pled for mercy.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin