Where a client charged with a serious crime is a non-citizen of Canada and is hoping to obtain resident status, criminal lawyers should be aware that recent changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) raise special plea and sentencing considerations. (slaw.ca)
They do not always hear our special plea, the lame gods» Deaf - In - One - Ear, Old Hobbled - Knee, that sooty lug the lovely naiads flee» but sometimes we are left with them alone to call on when the kingly ones have gone, our household gods have slipped into the sea, the seawalls all have crumbled into dust, and waves sweep both the pious and unjust into a foaming gray infinity. (firstthings.com)
To all who work in shaping public policy, the Pope directs a special plea to make a concern for the health of the family «the basis and driving force of all social policies.» (firstthings.com)