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Originally Posted by DWB
No disputing that, but a lot of people get really screwed because of the way they do it. They hammer you so you have to plea down out of fear of being convicted and doing real time. That is just wrong. You should stand trial for what you actually did and not have to fear fighting the charges if you think you can. The tilt it in their favor, which isn't giving you a fair chance out of the gate.
That's a bad place to be in. Plea out and *maybe* go home, or fight it and face a lot of prison time.
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For sure. In a perfect world you would stand trial for only those things you did wrong, not everything else they could think of that is related.
It can cut both ways in some cases too. A few years ago I had my identity stolen. The guy that did it got caught, but instead of really busting him for that they let him plea to domestic violence because he punched his girlfriend. This way he had two violent strikes and if he gets a 3rd he will get 25 years min. However, him not being convicted of the identity theft charges became a pain in my ass as I cleared things up with those he opened up accounts with in my name. Eventually I had to get the district attorney to write a letter for me explaining that he had done these things, but they chose to prosecute a different way.