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Originally Posted by tony404
It is and it isn't. If the lawyer says to you,You want to fight great it's going to look like a long fight. So Im going to need 100k upfront or plead guilty and we can get it reduced. This will cost alot less. Now you aren't rich what do you choose?
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Spot on. The advice from the lawyer is spend $100k and more and I might get you off, but it will bankrupt you and if fight and lose you will go to prison for a very long time. Plead guilty and it will be a fine or reduced sentence.
What you also have to consider is the case the prosecution had against the defendant. Was the defendant guilty? Lots of cases we see recently are easy to win for the prosecution.
Then Aaron and all the others flaming the lawyer, before you criticise others what amount of money are you going to put towards the cost of the court case?
Because this is the bottom line, you want someone else to put up a lot of money to save your ass from getting caught down the line.