Earlier this week, Kasab took lawyers by surprise when he changed his plea to guilty and admitted that he sprayed gunfire at Mumbai's main train station after arriving in the city from Pakistan with other nine other gunmen.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

The prosecution had argued that Kasab changed his plea from innocent to guilty to secure a more-lenient sentence.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

In accordance with their plea agreement, the suspects cannot return to the United States without special authorization.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

The former senator said he has taken his plea for normalization in relations with Israel to various Arab leaders during his travels across the region.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

They meet with the senator for 15 minutes. "What I assured them was: given their plea and call and demand in a polite way for us to have a clean energy future, that was job one for me."

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

Wouldn't that be sure and swift justice since the plea of guilty is the strongest form of proof known to the law?" Some legal experts continue to raise questions about the validity of the military commissions, even though the Obama administration and Congress have taken steps to give defendants more rights in that process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25