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There's probably also a fair amount of "guilty of a lesser crime, but pressured by the plea bargain system to plea to a greater crime". And, of course, innocen

by tyingq 4y ago

There's probably also a fair amount of "guilty of a lesser crime, but pressured by the plea bargain system to plea to a greater crime". And, of course, innocent or not, there's merit in the argument of whether they should be able to receive mail, have actual physical books in their possession, and so on.

dsfyu404ed 4y ago
> There's probably also a fair amount of "guilty of a lesser crime, but pressured by the plea bargain system to plea to a greater crime". "You're a hick and this is Berkley California. Are you stupid? Take the deal. It doesn't matter that your offense is technically the lesser one and not the one they're charging you with. A jury trial would not go well for you here." -their lawyer, probably (and they're not wrong)