21.   McCarthy answered in a firm voice as U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith asked him if he wanted Smith to accept his plea.

22.   Mills accepted the plea and assigned the case to Ito.

23.   Prosecutors accepted a plea to get Bates talking about his partner and business associates, Evans said.

24.   Peters accepted the plea on the day the case was set for trial.

25.   Previously, such pleas were accepted as late as five days before the execution date.

26.   Ruben accepted the pleas and said he will determine sentencing once all litigation relating to the price-fixing is resolved.

27.   She did not comment on her reasons for accepting the plea.

28.   She stood only when the court accepted her pleas that were given lawyer George Parnham.

29.   She stood only when the court accepted her pleas that were given by lawyer George Parnham.

30.   Some prosecutors, for instance, have withdrawn the death penalty notice just after the defendant has confessed in court but before the judge has accepted the plea.