A plea deal is usually a gift from God.
Because you NEVER want to trust other folks with your future.
Unless you have OVERWHELMING evidence that you’re innocent.
Or your that guy Smollett. But then you just get your case thrown out anyway.
The rules are different for celebrities. Juries are a selected set of the public, and we know the public is fickle and easily manipulated. She only needs to flip ONE juror, and she’s acquitted.
She can afford the best in jury selection, argument, pre-trial motions, and so on.
OJ got off.
Plus, she probably feels she did nothing wrong. I suspect this sort of “buying special treatment” is garden variety common between the well-heeled and academia. The system is crooked, and why shouldn’t she take advantage of that?
I am not surprised by the two defendants refusing to accept the consequences of their actions. It seems in keeping with their view of the world - the rules don’t apply to them. They may believe that with their celebrity no jury will convict them. I think they are mistaken. In my view, the jury will dislike them for their wealth and arrogance, and will be angry at how they used their wealth to deprive two unknown students of a chance to attend USC. By refusing to plead guilty, the defendants will not be given any credit for acceptance of responsibility, and for saving the government the time and effort needed to prepare for trial. In addition, the money laundering charge is a much more serious offense than wire or mail fraud. For sentencing purposes, the advisory range of imprisonment starts at a substantially higher level than an ordinary fraud. A bad decision all the way round.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/innocence-is-irrelevant/534171/
https://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=lawreview
Yep, she’s crazy. I read yesterday she’s facing a total of 40 years on additional charges and she rejects a plea in which she probably would have served a year if that?? Like you said, unless she has overwhelming evidence of being innocent, she just signed her own death warrant. Her lawyer needs to slap her upside her head. I read in another article she’s been very arrogant about it, showing up in court sitting with her arms crossed making sounds of disgust “How dare they charge me!” ...She’s setting herself up for a world of sh*t especially if the judge decides to make her an example.
All she needs is one hallmark fan on the jury and she’s got a decent chance at beating this.
Just before they tarred and feathered them.
That being said, your point is true.