But I know Papadopoulous plead guilty so I don’t see much reason to give him the benefit of the doubt.
If he was innocent and he plead guilty - well, frankly that alone would make him a liar.
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I know, it looks bad for those outside, but in this country people are forced to plead guilty to avoid bankruptcy and long prison sentences on trumped up charges. This is normal in the US. The judiciary is used as a weapon. We are about four steps from the USSR with the rot in the judiciary. We live in fear. Seriously.
Read a bit on Mark Steyn and his legal issues as he attempts to find justice in the American Judicial system. Conrad Black is another. I see this all the time locally too.
Let me give you an example: person I know was out with friends in another state. Fight broke out in the bar, a large venue. The police came in and arrested everyone in the bar. All were charged. Many pled to avoid costs of defense, and paid fines (shake down). Person I knew was licensed in this state, and would lose license if there was a smirch on his record. Costs to fight the case ran into the 15K range. To defend self against a corrupt judiciary.
This kind of thing happens regularly. On the federal side it is worse. They pull 15 to 30 charges against someone and threaten life imprisonment. They drop all charges except 2 or 3 and the grateful shlub pleads and thinks jail or probation is a good deal, EVEN WHEN INNOCENT.
The Judiciary is just as corrupt in Australia according to my source “Rake.” Crazy legal show down under.
They have high ranking TV showing the corruption of their legal system just like in America. Even though our shows have a liberal slant the core belief of corruption is prevalent. Their shows reflect the same, distrust in their government and legal system.