Possible Questions:
- Urge
- Implore
- Beseech
- Entreat
- Beg
- Petition
- Appeal
- Supplicate
- Say "not guilty"
- Solicit
- Tell it to the judge
- Argue
- Make one's case
- Make a case
- Pray
- Ask on one's knees
- Request earnestly
- More than ask
- Make an appeal
- Entreat earnestly
- Appeal earnestly
- Speak in court
- Say "not guilty," say
- Obtest
- Make, as a case
- Make a court move
- Give one's case
- Beg and then some
- Ask in earnest
- Argue in court
- Argue at the bar
- Argue a case
- Argue (for)
- Answer, in court
- Answer a charge
- Act the advocate
- Use as an excuse
- Try to persuade, with "with"
- Try to persuade (with)
- State "Not guilty"
- State "Not guilty!"
- State ''not guilty''
- State ''Not guilty,'' e.g.
- Seek mercy, say
- Seek mercy
- Say "not guilty," perhaps
- Say "guilty" or "not guilty," say
- Say ''Not guilty,'' e.g.
- Respond to a charge
- Profess one's innocence, perhaps
- Present a case
- Make a court statement
- Give as an excuse
- Get down on one's knees
- Beg for mercy
- Ask urgently
- Argue, as a case
- Appeal or request earnestly
- Answer a court charge
- Allege in defense
- "How do you ___?"