Where are the GOP or Texan leaders on this shady situation? They have been strangely silent.
The process of forced pleas is stupid.
“... I think it’s clear the indictments are designed to force most of the accused into accepting plea agreements — which not only will allow prosecutors to leverage testimony against any truly hardcore gang members they want to go after, but also will allow prosecutors to save face for creating a legal morass when they arrested 177 people....
...Until shown otherwise, I think it’s safe to say that most of the bikers who were arrested May 17 probably had nothing to do with the alleged fight that prompted the shooting, or with the shooting itself. Most likely, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, maybe with some wrong people nearby, maybe not, and for that they are facing possible time in prison. Over the next several months we’ll see how many feel forced to deal with prosecutors, and how many force prosecutors to prove their case.”
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I know it’s easy for me to say (since I’m not sitting in their place where their lives have been devastated by the Waco “authorities”) but the Waco PERsecuted need to refuse to accept plea deals and refuse to offer false testimony. Justice will ultimately be served up in the civil courts and the PERsecuted will be well compensation for the destruction wreaked upon them.
NEVER GIVE THE OPPRESSORS AN INCH. NEVER COOPERATE OR HELP THE OPPRESSORS AT ALL.
>>> I think it’s clear the indictments are designed to force most of the accused into accepting plea agreements... also will allow prosecutors to save face for creating a legal morass when they arrested 177 people. <<<
Persecuting the innocent to protect a corrupt prosecutor?
That’s been suggested here before.
Worth reading, it's short, two counts, one for murder (or "knowing"), one for bodily injury (or "knowing"). I see no allegation of conspiracy, because "knowing" is not the same thing as "agreeing to commit or facilitate commission of a crime."
What defendants are accused of knowing is that a deadly weapon would be used or exhibited. This "knowing" does not constitute a criminal act or conspiracy.
The charges also allege the offense was committed as a member of a criminal street gang.
“Curiously, nine of the 106 people indicted last week were not among the 177 people arrested six months ago,”
I found that little sentence interesting.