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Reminds me of people who were arrested and convicted of "resisting arrest" and no other charges. That should not be a thing. If you're being arrested and the ch
by unreal37 6y ago
Reminds me of people who were arrested and convicted of "resisting arrest" and no other charges. That should not be a thing. If you're being arrested and the charges are never laid, or are later dropped, resisting arrest should be dropped too.
- gumby 6y agoYes, the US has a number of other mechanisms that are illegal/immoral in other countries such as the “charge stacking” you describe, plea bargains (there such an asymmetry in power that they are hardly “bargains”), and prison labor. Not picking on the US here: the inverse is true as well: the adversarial trial system and juries, separation of prosecution and the judiciary, etc imho provide stronger protection for the accused. Societies are complex and the design is far from understood.