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- "Prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty so life would be the worst outcome he would get if he went to trial and lost." Right: he accepted a plea for
by perihelions 3y ago
- "Prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty so life would be the worst outcome he would get if he went to trial and lost."
Right: he accepted a plea for the same maximum penalty the prosecutors would have sought at trial. That's not strategic.
- TheCleric 3y agoOnly if you assume information symmetry. If they told him (untruthfully) that they were going to seek the death penalty, but if he pleads then they’ll take the death penalty off the table, it may seem strategic.