Pentitent (adj.)
When Judge Booley was tried for contempt after having pornographical magazines hidden underneath his desk during the trial of a man accused of double homicide, his posture was not very good. He sat at the defendant's table hunched, shoulders forward, eyes contrite and staring at his folded hands resting on the table.
"How do you plead?" asked Judge Gordon, a man that Booley had played golf and poker with for the last 18 years.
Booley raised his head and looked up penitently at his colleague.
"Guilty," he said, "I'm pleasing guilty."
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