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Originally Posted by dyna mo
of course it does. if you were innocent of chopping off a dude's head would you plead down the charges on a weak case? of course you would not.
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Your reasoning goes to both ways; if the case is weak, there is also incentive not to plea guilty.
But for real; if the case is weak, there shouldn't sentence at all (other than liberating). Weak case goes in favour of the accused in working and civilized legal systems.
And there is always the possibility that innocent pleas guilty, weak case or not. If the case is weak, the prosecutor, especially in the scalp hunting US style has incentive to put heavy pressure on accused to make a deal.
And statistically there are lot of innocent people in jails in US; due to the shitty legal system. Add heavy and inhumane penalties into this equation; and you really have some sort of humanitarian cricis in US. Call the UN!