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To: Terry Mross
One, there is no eividence connecting them to the crime

Hey genius, they are going to plead guilty to 1st degree murder of the three boys sometime today.

12 posted on 08/19/2011 8:35:46 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Forget the Lawyers....first kill the journalists! - Die Ritter, die sagen, nee)
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To: DCBryan1

Actually, they are making an Alford plea. They are not pleading guilty.


22 posted on 08/19/2011 8:47:53 AM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: DCBryan1
Hey genius, they are going to plead guilty to 1st degree murder of the three boys sometime today.

From the reports I've read, it looks like they're going to either plead no contest an "Alford plea" (effectively, a guilty plea in which the defendant does not actually admit guilt).

I don't know if these guys are actually guilty - the evidence seems inconclusive, at best - but if I were locked up for 20 years of a life sentence and the prosecutor offered to release me with time served if I plead guilty (with or without admitting guilt), that would be a tough deal to turn down, regardless of guilt.

24 posted on 08/19/2011 8:50:23 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: DCBryan1

“they are going to plead guilty to 1st degree murder of the three boys sometime today.”

I don’t know about this case; but a lot of times people will confess to something they didn’t do, because that is a requirement for them to get a parole or get out of prison.

The “authorities” therefore are “vindicated” in their prosecution.

Innocent people who continue to maintain their innocence, often only end up spending more time in prison than guilty people, for that very reason.


29 posted on 08/19/2011 8:57:06 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: DCBryan1

You should really retire your law shingle./sarc

Do you know what an Alford Plea is?


41 posted on 08/19/2011 9:27:43 AM PDT by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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