" According to University of Richmond Law Review, " When offering an Alford plea, a defendant asserts his innocence but admits that sufficient evidence exists to convict him of the offense.

" When an elderly defendant told him that he would not be able to live to complete a five-year sentence, Landis scowled at him and asked, " Well, you can try, can't you?

When such an agreement is proposed, the court can reject it if it disagrees with the proposed sentence, in which case the defendant has an opportunity to withdraw his plea.

When both the prosecutor and the defendant have come to an agreement, the proposal is submitted to the judge, who can refuse or accept the plea bargaining.

When either a plaintiff ( or prosecutor ) or defendant brings direct evidence or testimony which was not anticipated, the other side may be granted a specific opportunity to rebut it.

When the U. S. Attorney decides to indict someone under RICO, he or she has the option of seeking a pre-trial restraining order or injunction to temporarily seize a defendant's assets and prevent the transfer of potentially forfeitable property, as well as require the defendant to put up a performance bond.

When counsel refused to sign the answer, for whatever reason, the defendant was considered to have confessed.

When the defendant is served but does not answer the legal pleadings the plaintiff may seek a default judgment by application to the court.

When a final judgment is entered, the plaintiff is usually barred under the doctrine of res judicata from trying to bring the same or similar claim again against that defendant, or from relitigating any of the issues, even under different legal claims or theories.

When asked about the test case, Scopes was initially reluctant to get involved, but after some discussion he told the group gathered in Robinson's Drugstore, " If you can prove that I've taught evolution and that I can qualify as a defendant, then I'll be willing to stand trial.

When applied in defense by a defendant it may be called a ' shield ', and where applied by a plaintiff it may be called a ' sword '.

When a statement is deliberately accusatory, or when the declarant knows that the statement is likely to be used in the prosecution of the defendant for a crime, the need for face-to-face confrontation is at its highest.

When an assertion is offered into evidence against the defendant and the defendant objects, “ hearsay ,” the defendant is in essence saying “ I object to this statement as untrustworthy because I am not afforded an opportunity to cross-examine the person who made it.

When the claimant hires a lawyer, the defendant or her insurance company generally employ a lawyer too.

When he appeared as a witness, the defendant claimed that after giving an unknown man a lift, he had found that he was running out of petrol and had asked the passenger to take the spare can in the car and fill up the fuel tank.

When this is proven, the law states that it is then conclusively presumed that the defendant did not believe that the complainant consented to the relevant act, and that the complainant did not consent to the relevant act.

When a defendant in civil or criminal cases could not be found, the reason would not always be clear.

When substantiating a civil fraud claim, the plaintiff is generally required to prove that the defendant falsely represented a material fact, that this representation was made with intent to deceive, that the plaintiff reasonably relied on the representation, and the representation resulted in damages to the plaintiff.

When a person hires another to do work for him, and the contract is either not completed or is otherwise rendered un-performable, the person performing may sue for the value of the improvements made or the services rendered to the defendant.

When a court orders restitution it orders the defendant to give up his gains to the claimant.

When a court orders compensation it orders the defendant to compensate the claimant for his or her loss.

* Rassaphore — When the abbess deems the novice ready, the novice is asked to join the monastery.

When the deity deems a worshiper to be most worthy, a special ceremony is held in which the Black Goat of the Woods swallows the initiate and then regurgitates the cultist as a transformed satyr-like being.

When Angel tried to take Dana back to Wolfram & Hart, Andrew asserts his authority, standing up to Angel ( one of the few who do ) and explains that she belongs with them, not him, also revealing that the Scooby Gang no longer deems the Angel Investigations team trustworthy due to their association with Wolfram & Hart, Buffy herself having ordered Andrew not to leave Dana with Angel.

When Roman Catholics ( and some Protestants ) convert to Orthodoxy, they are often admitted by Chrismation, without baptism ; but, since this is a matter of local episcopal discretion, a bishop may require all converts to be admitted by baptism if he deems it necessary.

When Stan's doppelganger deems Stanley material for Planet Fire based on the poor decisions he made over the course of his life, Prince is able to control where and when Stanley reincarnates on the surface of Fire.

When the abbot or abbess deems the novice ready, he is asked if he wishes to join the monastery.

When she brings the proof and prediction to Nolan, he deems it too risky to evacuate the entirety of San Francisco.

When the consensus of the observers deems an object sufficiently unique it becomes a collectors item.

When Divatox deems the pair inadequate as sacrifices, they are thrown below deck on the Subcraft.

When he deems it necessary, he also mentions the views of other Rishonim ( early, pre-1550 authorities ), and especially Acharonim ( later authorities ), occasionally disagreeing with the latter.

When Billy arrives, he deems it necessary to cut a hole in the horse's windpipe so he can breathe.

When first informed he disbelieved the crow and turned all crows black ( where they were previously white ) as a punishment for spreading untruths.

When that student observed an infraction, he or she reported it to the rest of the class and, as a whole, they deliberated on punishment.

When the English finally regained control of New Netherland they forced, as a punishment unique in the history of the British Empire, the English common law upon all the colonists, including the Dutch.

When these daughters arrived at the age of maturity, they were stricken with madness, the cause of which is differently stated by different authors ; some say that it was a punishment inflicted upon them by Dionysus, because they had despised his worship, and according to others, by Hera, because they presumed to consider themselves more beautiful than the goddess, or because they had stolen some of the gold off her statue.

When Bajor finally joins the Federation, Ro intends to leave her post to escape punishment for crimes she committed with the Maquis, but is convinced by Picard to accept a pardon and rejoin Starfleet.

When Frederick Barbarossa went on the Crusade of 1189, Henry returned to Saxony, mobilized an army of his faithful, and conquered and ravaged the rich city of Bardowick as punishment for her disloyalty.

When the wedding comes to an end, and Aschenputtel and her prince march out of the church, the doves fly again, striking the remaining eyes of the two evil sisters blind, a punishment they have to endure for the rest of their lives.

When an Ohio regiment vacated the house in 1864, they attempted to raze it with fire as a punishment for Tyler's support of the Confederacy.

When Apollo was sentenced to a year of servitude to a mortal as punishment for killing Delphyne, or as later tradition has it, the Cyclops, the god chose Admetus ' home and became his herdsman.

When Niobe dared to dispute with Leto about the beauty of her children, her punishment was as follows.

When his city was struck by a plague ( a punishment for Oedipus ' unwitting crimes ), Oedipus eventually learned of his patricide and incest.

When the city was taken only a few days later the Romans assembled their prisoners and executing the senior officers before them ( whipped by the rods and beheaded by the axe of the fasces, a standard punishment for treason ), let the rest go with a stern warning.

When they left the following evening, the entire town lay in ruins, burned to the ground as punishment for Fairfield's support of the rebel cause.

When he awakes he discovers that he has been turned into a pig, believing this to be a divine punishment for fleeing the fight.

When the guards finally figured things out, the crewmembers were subjected to more severe punishment.

When the Grand Duchy of Tuscany abolished the death penalty, as the first nation in the world to do so, it followed Beccaria's argument about the lack of utility of capital punishment, not about the state's lacking the right to execute citizens.

When Falun Gong was banned in mainland China in 1999, re-education through labor became a common punishment for practitioners.

When Vince McMahon turned heel in 1998, Slaughter, along with Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson, became the on-screen lackeys of McMahon ; running errands for him and dishing out punishment to McMahon's rivals, namely Stone Cold Steve Austin.

When an order is given, one must follow that order and obey it or punishment may be issued.

When confronted with the painting, the king, however, interpreted it as a conspiracy-the real sun of course being himself threatened by competing fake suns, one being Olaus Petri and the other the clergyman and scholar Laurentius Andreae ( 1470 – 1552 ), both thus accused of treachery, but eventually escaping capital punishment.

When the Emperor Caracalla sacked Alexandria ( 215 ) in punishment for their satire directed at him, Origen fled to Caesarea, where the bishops present requested that he give sermons.

When he was in the legislature, he wrote California's capital punishment law.

When Agnes confesses that she is pregnant with Raymond ’ s child, Ambrosio turns her over to the prioress of her abbey for punishment.

When the Boston port was closed as punishment for the Tea Party, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage found it increasingly difficult to find workers willing to support the military ( despite rampant unemployment caused by the port closure ).