"He did not want to have an extended period of time away from his kids, " said the source, who would not speak on the record because the details of the plea discussions have not been made public.
Steven Kramer QC, prosecuting, said the Crown accepted her guilty plea to manslaughter "on the basis of provocation" and offered no evidence against her in respect of a charge of murder.
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Earlier this month Robert Booth, 64, of Brockley Street, Sunderland, changed his plea to guilty on the second day of the trial at Warwick Crown Court.
He was tried at the Old Bailey in 2000 for murder after the prosecution refused to accept his plea of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds that he was suffering a mental illness - paranoid schizophrenia.
Those without a countess to count on can court the compassion of their fellow citizens by posting their plea on a specially designed web site designed to elicit donations for medical bills.
But when the Boston police posted a plea on Twitter asking that people not compromise the safety of officers by broadcasting what homes were being searched, Broadcastify obliged.
Booth, of Brockley Street, Sunderland, changed his plea to guilty on day two of the trial at Warwick Crown Court.
Residents on the remote South Atlantic territory of St Helena have renewed their plea for the UK to back plans to bring broadband to the island.
The coastguard on Holy Island has made a fresh plea to motorists about the dangers of the causeway's tides after three cars became stranded in 24 hours.
This week the state's Supreme Judicial Court rejected a plea filed by Ms Murphy on behalf of all the pregnant women in Massachusetts, asking it to overturn Judge Nasif's ruling.
Mr Cushing appeared before the court on Thursday to enter his plea of not guilty.
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The prince made his plea on a visit with his wife Camilla to mark the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Britain.
Brown was not in court Tuesday when his lawyer entered his guilty plea on charges of driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and violating his probation for the earlier conviction.
Brown was not in court last month when his lawyer entered his guilty plea on charges of driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and violating his probation for the earlier conviction.
One need not agree with all of this book's musings or interpretations -- particularly the notion of nullification, whereby a group of like-minded people can declare a law null and void for them -- to appreciate its plea for a greater sensitivity on the part of our political establishment to those with unconventional beliefs.
At an emotional press conference on Thursday, two of the children made a desperate plea for help to catch their killers.
The plea was rejected by the judge on grounds of insufficient evidence.
He argued the case himself before the justices, making an impassioned plea that the teacher-led pledge forces religion on impressionable youngsters and carries the stamp of government approval.
In accordance with the terms of his plea, Arena was placed on interim probation.
On the second day of his trial in December, Titheridge changed his plea to guilty.
Centennial, Colorado (CNN) -- A judge on Tuesday entered a standard plea of not guilty for James Holmes, the man suspected in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, after he and his attorneys said they were not ready to enter a plea.
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He refused to plea and the court entered pleas of not guilty for him on all counts.
In a joint plea, the government and representatives of workers and bosses called on companies to exercise flexibility over annual leave, unrecorded time off, no-pay leave or alternative arrangements.
With the plea, Ms. Hill faces up to a year in prison on each of the charges.
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While the charge isn't clear, a plea could suggest the taint on the fund's investments reached the highest level of the pension system, which Mr. Hevesi oversaw from 2003 to 2006.
He denies any involvement, and campaigners on his behalf say there is no physical evidence linking him to the crime, and the case rests on testimony provided by a co-accused as part of a plea agreement.
The Supreme Court today rejected Anil's plea, saying that the date of the final hearing will be decided on September 1 and not before.
In a speech last month at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Richard Fisher, President of the Dallas Federal Reserve, made an eloquent plea for action on TBTF.
In its plea, Transocean admitted that its crew on the Deepwater Horizon rig was acting at the direction of BP's well site leaders and were "negligent in failing to investigate fully clear indications that the Macondo well was not secure and that oil and gas were flowing into the well, " the Justice Department said.
Since the news of his arrest and guilty plea, there has been a drumbeat of pressure on Craig from his fellow Republicans to resign his seat.
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