He used to plead in court at the age of six to have his father set free.

There was a note of pleading in his voice now.

So far, a husband and wife have pleaded guilty in the case.

She looked up at him with an expression of pleading in her eyes.

"So we are pleading in the court of public opinion."

Tears ran down his face as he pleaded for us all in that room.

Three of the cases were dropped, and she pleaded guilty in the other one.

All had been sentenced several weeks after pleading in the special drug court.

More than a dozen people have pleaded guilty in the case.

The case was pleaded in July 2008 and the decision is pending.