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| Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, January 16 2013 @ 01:50 PM EST |
The lawyer did hold firm and he has said
that he expected to win at trial. That is
why they refused the offer of pleading
guilty.
The problem is human. While it's not hard
for a lawyer to understand what is what,
it feels very different if it's you, you've
been bankrupted by the events, and you
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 16 2013 @ 02:02 PM EST |
Even though the prosecutor's tactics were not illegal, it does not mean that
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| Authored by: jbb on Wednesday, January 16 2013 @ 02:09 PM EST |
| In some ways, this is the crux of the problem. It is outrageously expensive for
an innocent person to defend themselves against a massive onslaught like this.
Best case scenario is that Aaron walks free but he and everyone he knows and
loves have gone bankrupt to make that happen.
This is the fundamental
injustice that fueled all the other problems.
The fact that Aaron was
basically innocent only makes the aggressive prosecution more disheartening.
It is deeply ironic that if Aaron had actually been guilty of what he was
accused of then:
- He wouldn't have gotten caught
- He would've had
plenty of money for defense
- The aggressive prosecution wouldn't have been
so depressing
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Our job is to remind ourselves that
there are more contexts
than the one we’re in now — the one that we think is reality.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 16 2013 @ 10:59 PM EST |
There, you got it in one. First throw the book at the alleged crim,
hoping he'll fold for a plea bargain. If he stands for his right to
trial by jury, well, we've seen how those are selected. Then the
bigger and scarier the charges, the more likely the jury is to
be overwhelmed and bring in a guilty verdict.
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