11.   Without admitting guilt, Lovito settled with the NASD and agreed to the sanctions.

12.   Yet if her freedom depends on her admitting guilt, that she will not do.

13.   Ranariddh has said that seeking a royal pardon from his father, King Norodom Sihanouk, would amount to admitting guilt and has said he would refuse.

14.   But Ranariddh, who has denied the charges against him, personally has refused to seek the pardon, saying it would amount to admitting guilt.

15.   Chan, who has always maintained his innocence, had refused to plead for clemency earlier, saying it would be tantamount to admitting guilt.

16.   Dowd insisted Rose is incapable of admitting guilt.

17.   In a statement faxed to The Associated Press, Gilford said that requesting clemency was akin to admitting guilt.

18.   Nomura has already apologized for anxiety generated by the scandal, but without admitting guilt.

19.   Nomura has apologized for anxiety generated by the scandal, but without admitting guilt.

20.   Ranariddh has refused to personally seek the pardon, saying it would amount to admitting guilt.