Outside the court,McKinnon's mother, Janis Sharp, called the ruling a disgrace and made a plea to U.S.President Barack Obama for leniency.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

The prosecution had argued that Kasab changed his plea from innocent to guilty to secure a more-lenient sentence.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Outside the courthouse, victim Richard Friedman, who lost millions of dollars from his retirement savings, said Madoff's guilty plea is not enough.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

In accordance with their plea agreement, the suspects cannot return to the United States without special authorization.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

Kasab was the only one captured alive. The defense had said that, if the plea was accepted, the trial should end and a sentence delivered.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

The former senator said he has taken his plea for normalization in relations with Israel to various Arab leaders during his travels across the region.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

"We know this in the court system as plea bargaining,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

They meet with the senator for 15 minutes. "What I assured them was: given their plea and call and demand in a polite way for us to have a clean energy future, that was job one for me."

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

Earlier this week, Kasab took lawyers by surprise when he changed his plea to guilty and admitted that he sprayed gunfire at Mumbai's main train station after arriving in the city from Pakistan with other nine other gunmen.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

In fact,the court has also noted that Kasab did not admit all the charges, but he has admitted partly, and court has further ordered that Kasab's plea of admission of guilt that can be considered only when the prosecution completes its case,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Wouldn't that be sure and swift justice since the plea of guilty is the strongest form of proof known to the law?" Some legal experts continue to raise questions about the validity of the military commissions, even though the Obama administration and Congress have taken steps to give defendants more rights in that process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25