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Xithras

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9. This is one of those "disgusting but correct" rulings.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:51 PM

Oct 2013

If the guy wanted to change his plea, he had a legal right to do so. The judge overstepped when he refused to allow the guy to change his guilty plea.

All criminals have the right to a trial. That right has to be preserved, no matter how evil the criminal may be.

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Pennsylvania court vacates sentence of man who brutally raped 11-year-old girl because she was black [View all] Playinghardball Oct 2013 OP

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Dumb...but it's not like he'll all of a sudden be found not guilty Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #2

This weeks episode of ... GeorgeGist Oct 2013 #3

New trial, maybe the antichrist will be given a polyester test this time. Read the artcle uppityperson Oct 2013 #4

I hope that he gets at least the same sentence in the next trial. Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #5

So maybe now they'll have a trial... ljm2002 Oct 2013 #6

Someone didn't think that headline through FiveGoodMen Oct 2013 #7

A little misleading, he is still going to be retried. n-t Logical Oct 2013 #8

This is one of those "disgusting but correct" rulings. Xithras Oct 2013 #9