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Defendant's statement (4)

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I believe the answer is:

plea

'defendant's statement' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for plea that I've seen before include "Guilty perhaps" , "Excuse; petition" , "Excuse - pretext" , "Earnest request, prayer" , "suit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.com, the Universal and the Newsday.
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