Sentences with phrase «avoid death penalty»

Cruz, through his attorneys, had previously expressed a willingness to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.

The head of the county's public defender's office, which is representing Cruz, said last month there is no question Cruz is guilty, and that the teen is willing to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.

A public defender described him as a «deeply disturbed, emotionally broken» young man who is coming to grips with the pain he has caused, and said he is willing to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.

And Socrates — who in the Crito refused to escape Athens to avoid the death penalty — had argued in his trial that he did not deserve punishment at all, but rather deserved to be treated like an Olympic hero!

What follows is the struggle between Roxie and Velma to avoid the death penalty by gaining attention over one another and becoming as beloved as possible by the public.

Drug War (Unrated) Explosive crime thriller, set in Tianjin, China, about a convicted meth dealer (Louis Koo) who fingers members of his former drug cartel in order to avoid the death penalty.

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Cruz's fan club also extends to Facebook, with several groups of empathizers forming to talk about his case and how they can help him avoid the death penalty.

Cruz's lawyers say they will offer a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.

Not exact matches

She reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari's calls to Nigerians to avoid crimes like drug peddling which attracts stiff penalties, sometimes death.

The statement reads, «I hereby appeal again to Nigerian migrants to avoid Libya as penalty for illegal migration to Libya, when caught, is usually a death sentence.

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Death is the only way to avoid this penalty (the fees are reduced slightly if the homeowner is required to move to an assisted - living facility).

For example, negotiations over whether a defendant would surrender himself to authorities in a manner that would avoid an ugly, unexpected public arrest, or negotiations of a foreign defendant who might surrender himself to UK authorities in exchange for an agreement not to extradite to, e.g., the United States which has the death penalty or some other country where more serious charges are pending.

Most notably, Ms. Gasiorowski represented one of the two capital defendants who avoided an execution sentence in the federal death penalty trial of individuals involved in the bombings of American Embassies in Tanzania and Nairobi, Africa.

In Russia, it is now illegal for same - sex couples to hold hands and doing so can lead to imprisonment and hefty fines.5 In Nigeria, same - sex couples holding hands can face up to 10 years in prison6 and in Uganda, similar displays of affection could lead to legal execution if a controversial bill is passed that allows «aggravated homosexuality» to be punished by death.7 Even without the risk of these extreme legal penalties, many same - sex couples avoid holding hands because they fear the potential repercussions from doing so in front of the wrong person at the wrong time.8 Such fears are not irrational.