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Nevilledog

(50,956 posts) Tue Sep 1, 2020, 02:13 PM Sep 2020

ACLU on Breonna Taylor and coercive plea bargains

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ACLU on Breonna Taylor and coercive plea bargains (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP

America's justice system is sham. Dawson Leery Sep 2020 #1

Kick - NBC's reporting this now: Dennis Donovan Sep 2020 #2

Plea bargains are definitely coercive. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #3

Kick ck4829 Sep 2020 #4

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

1. America's justice system is sham.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2020, 02:27 PM

Sep 2020

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

2. Kick - NBC's reporting this now:

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Sep 2, 2020, 01:01 PM

Sep 2020

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214011911

Nevilledog

(50,956 posts)

3. Plea bargains are definitely coercive.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 2, 2020, 01:05 PM

Sep 2020

I had clients who I truly believed were innocent take pleas (Alford) because they were unwilling to risk draconic sentences. It was a hard pill to swallow, but it wasn't my risk to take.

ck4829

(35,021 posts)

4. Kick

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 05:14 AM

Sep 2020

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