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No I dont know this guy but this is wrong our justice system is so screwed up lets just get someone anyone to plea no matter if they are innocence or not
No I dont know this guy but this is wrong our justice system is so screwed up lets just get someone anyone to plea no matter if they are innocence or not
Advocate2
Oh I know and I hear people say on TV all the time that an innocent person would never take a plea - absolutely not true! It happens all the time!
HankMoody
would you like to take the plea and do 60 days in jail or go to trial risking the death penalty?
Advocate2
exactly! What answer would you give?
Nakohichi
Pretty much everyone is forced to take a plea deal.
mtbfan
My guy could have pled guilty to a misdemeanor and get 12 months in jail, or make it a felony for 9 months. He plead guilty to the felony since the attorney said he could get it reduced to a misdemeanor later. How can one offense be both? Exactly! Everybody pleads out. It gets the DA a good conviction rate, and the "offender" less time. So screwed. Plea deals are not legal in Europe for a reason, and the trials would have to be more fair in that case.
ThoughtAsWeak
The news should question the DA more about why they didn't drop the charges, as the evidence showed that he was innocent. They DA will try to convict everyo a, even when they know they are innocent.
HankMoody
Mtbfan, I don't think you man received good advice. Always take the misdemeanor, they don't even count, they are like parking tickets. There is no question on job applications asking if you have ever been convicted of a misdemeanor.
mtbfan
Well, he had another felony anyways, but the 2nd one gave him less time, which at the time was such a relief. If he had to do it over again, I think we would have gone with the misdemeanor. Lesson learned.
klw9653
Sometimes job applications do ask about misdemeanors, though you don't see it as often as you do about felonies.
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