Related Clues:

• An appeal or entreaty
• Lead-in to bargain or deal
• 'Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope,' e.g
• Request enjoyment? Not certainly
• Desperate request
• Guilty perhaps some disciple admits
• Desperate appeal
• Self-defense, to a judge
• 'You gotta help me!' for one
• Request for mercy?
• Courtroom claim
• Response in court
• A judge hears one
• SOS, e.g
• 'Don't leave me this way,' for one