The problem with plea bargaining is people wind up pleading guilty to
crimes they didn't commit simply because the justice system is so
screwed up. IOW, if they don't do the plea and go to a jury trial they
may still be falsely convicted of a crime they didn't commit. Plea
bargaining is often to avoid costly jury trials.
On 03/20/2015 09:24 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote :
I am ever fascinated by the Scorpion legal system and Scorpion life in
general.
I wonder what it means to plead "guilty of wounding"?
Plea bargain. Probably just means they get to spend a few years less
in jail.
Court rewards schoolgirls £200 for helping attack victim
Three 13-year-old schoolgirls who intervened when they witnessed a man
being being attacked in a river have been commended by a crown court
judge.
Mold Crown Court heard how in October 2014 the girls saw a man being
punched and stamped on in the River Gwenfro in Wrexham.
They shouted at the attackers who then fled the scene and kept the
victim warm until an ambulance arrived.
Judge Niclas Parry said that each girl should be paid a £200 reward.
The attackers Paul Loose, 24, of Tanycoed, Wrexham, and Ryan Roberts,
18, of Tanybryn, Wrexham were initially arrested on suspicion of
attempted murder.
But their guilty pleas to wounding were accepted. Loose was jailed for
28 months. and Roberts received 20 months youth custody.
