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Knight was set to stand trial by jury in October 2018 — facing life without parole if convicted — but shortly before the trial, Knight entered a plea of no contest, per CBS News.
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Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
All of the 14 — except Wenger and Amiri — pleaded guilty or no contest, and several ended up cooperating with the government.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Walls pleaded no contest, avoiding another trial and possible death sentence.
—CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
In that case, Flores-Ruiz pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor battery.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 Nov. 2025
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Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
All of the 14 — except Wenger and Amiri — pleaded guilty or no contest, and several ended up cooperating with the government.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Walls pleaded no contest, avoiding another trial and possible death sentence.
—CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
In that case, Flores-Ruiz pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor battery.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 Nov. 2025
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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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