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Right. Plea deals are "I'll plead guilty and save you the trial in exchange for this sentence." Depending on the court, plea deals can be a horrible gamble by
by qingcharles 2y ago
Right. Plea deals are "I'll plead guilty and save you the trial in exchange for this sentence."
Depending on the court, plea deals can be a horrible gamble by a defendant. Generally you have to enter your guilty plea first, and then the judge decides if they want to let you have that sweet, sweet sentence the prosecution offered.
I know someone who went to court having been offered a plea deal for probation and got 80 years instead when the judge rejected it and sentenced them.
- thetedhogan 2y agoYeah, this shocked me when I learned it. The actual "deal" is the defendant agrees to plea guilty in exchange for the prosecution giving a specific recommendation of sentence. (In most cases, there are some exceptions of course)