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re: The Auburn 4- Why did Goodwin get 15 years?
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:15 pm to jangalang
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:15 pm to jangalang
If I don't want to risk the max sentence then a plea deal would be safer because I know I won't get the max. Which even in a system that is supposedly stacked against me, I would benefit from having the choice would I not?
The situation you just outlined, it is still better for me to have a second option than having only one so I don't see what point you think you just made.
The situation you just outlined, it is still better for me to have a second option than having only one so I don't see what point you think you just made.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 9:16 pm
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Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:20 pm to Weagle25
You're still not getting the fricking point that even though the plea bargain is taking years off of a sentence, the defendant is already at a disadvantage because he has to reluctantly take a plea deal. If you were innocent with no money for a lawyer, would you be so eager to take a plea deal for ten years even though you did nothing to deserve 10 years?
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:28 pm to Weagle25
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If I don't want to risk the max sentence then a plea deal would be safer because I know I won't get the max. Which even in a system that is supposedly stacked against me, I would benefit from having the choice would I not?
I think he's arguing that the allocation of public defenders is such a crapshoot t that you are much more encouraged to take a deal than risk trial with a shoddy defense attorney even if you're not guilty. The prevalence of plea deals has led to our criminal justice system trying to stack the deck to coerce people into take plea deals whether they're guilty or not.
Again, not MY view of the current system. Just think that's what jangalang is arguing. I could be very wrong.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 9:30 pm
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