Plea

In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a criminal case under common law using the adversarial system. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion by a defendant at arraignment, or otherwise in response to a criminal charge, whether that person pleaded guilty, not guilty, no contest or (in the United States) Alford plea.

The concept of the plea is one of the major differences between criminal procedure under common law and procedure under the civil law system. Under common law, a plea of guilty by the defendant waives trial of the charged offences and the defendant may be sentenced immediately. This produces a system known under American law as plea bargaining.

In civil law jurisdictions, there is generally no concept of a plea of guilty. A confession by the defendant is treated like any other piece of evidence, and a full confession does not prevent a full trial from occurring or relieve the plaintiff(s) from its duty of presenting a case to the trial court.

Guilty (2011 film)

Guilty (French: Présumé coupable) is a 2011 French drama film directed by Vincent Garenq about the Outreau trial. Garenq was nominated for the 2012 Best Writing (Adaptation) César Award and Philippe Torreton was nominated as Best Actor.

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Talvar (film)

Talvar (English title: Guilty) is a 2015 Bollywood drama film written by Vishal Bharadwaj and directed by Meghna Gulzar. The film is based on the 2008 Noida double murder case, in which a teenage girl and her family servant were found murdered, and her parents were convicted for the murders. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi and Sohum Shah in leading roles and Tabu in a guest appearance. The film is produced by Junglee Pictures, the films division of The Times of India Group. Originally Nyodda, the film's title was changed to Talvar in February 2015. The film's premiere was at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Talvar presents three contradictory accounts of the case, which variously portray the parents as guilty or innocent. Meghna Gulzar has stated that her script is completely objective and unbiased. However, multiple reviewers have remarked that the film's Rashomon-style storytelling is designed to show the parents in sympathetic light. At the 61st Filmfare Awards, Talvar was nominated for five awards, including Best Film, and it won the Filmfare Award for Best Editing.

Loss (comics)

Loss is a mutant comic book character. She has been a member of both the Morlocks and later on of Gene Nation. She first appeared in Storm #3.

Fictional character biography

Born into the Morlock tribe she was whisked away to "The Hill" where she and her fellow young Morlocks aged at an accelerated rate until they came of age and were known as gene nationals. To attest to her fighting prowess she was made a member of Mikhail’s personal guard. Her team helped Mikhail in his attack against Storm but she quickly turned the tables and after liberating them from the Darwinist world set them up in an African village so they could live above ground and atone for past sins.

She has remained a mainstay with her team until D'Gard was made leader and they faced hate mongers. She remains with them until now, and it is unknown if she lost or retained her powers after M-Day.

Powers and abilities

Loss had blue hued skin and blond hair her mutation consisted of metallic spikes which protruded from her skin. She even had retractable spikes in her arms much like Wolverine's claws.

Loss (film)

Loss (Lithuanian: Nereikalingi žmonės, literary "Unnecessary people") is a 2008 Lithuanian psychological thriller film directed, co-written and co-produced by Latvian film director Māris Martinsons. In October 2008, it was announced that the film was Lithuania's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in the 81st Academy Awards, becoming the first Lithuanian feature film ever to be submitted for the Academy Awards.

Awards

International premiere of Loss was held in 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival, where it was awarded with 2 Jin Jue (Golden Goblet) awards: Best Director for Māris Martinsons and Best Music for Andrius Mamontovas. It is the first Lithuanian feature film to be screened in the competition of A class festival and awarded prestigious prizes.

In 2009 Loss was awarded with the Lielais Kristaps award, Latvia's highest prize awarded in cinema.

Synopsis

Loss is a story about a Priest (starring Andrius Mamontovas) in Ireland who meets a woman Valda (starring Valda Bičkutė) from his native Lithuania only to find out her mysterious identity is closely connected with a darkest secret of his past.