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Re: Innocence (none / 0) (#12)
by myiq2xu on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 12:20:05 PM EST
Innocence will protect you in a criminal trial.

My experience is that the truly innocent get the worst treatment from the system.  I always figured there were four kinds of defendants:

  1. Guilty as charged.

  2. Guilty but overcharged.

  3. Guilty with a non-innocent defense (illegal search, insanity)

  4. Innocent.

Of the four, #1 and #3 get the best treatment because they usually get less than they deserve.  #2 usually gets about what they deserve, and #4 gets screwed, even if they ultimately are acquitted.

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