If you receive a traffic ticket you normally have the option to plead guilty or no contest and accept the consequences or plead not guilty and fight the ticket in court.

如果你接到一张交通罚单，你通常有权选择服罪或者不予辩驳，接受事实，或者不服罪，进行法庭辩论。

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In other words, the defense lawyers are claiming the prosecution has promised leniency to the witnesses many of whom have plead guilty to related charges.

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The government, as they do in every case, discussed possible agreements to have a defendant plead guilty.

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Six of the men have entered not guilty pleas, two are to plead at a later date while another man refused to enter a plea.

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