An appeal to pity (also called argumentum ad misericordiam) is a logical fallacy in which someone tries to win support for their argument or idea by exploiting their opponent's feelings of pity or guilt. The appeal to pity is a specific kind of appeal to emotion. Some examples are: A logical fallacy is an error in logical argument which is independent of the truth of the premises. ... Appeal to emotion is a logical fallacy wherein the arguer (who is using this fallacy) takes advantage of emotion to prove his or her argument. ...

• "I hope you like my proposal. It took me six years to write and I don't know what I'd do if you reject it."
• "I hope you find the defendant not guilty of embezzlement. He's in a wheelchair."

These examples are not necessarily wrong. The proposal may be worthy, and the client may not be guilty of embezzlement. As with all logical fallacies, these ideas may be right; they just aren't right for the reason stated.