[mmichaels1970]

So when someone pleads guilty, and he’s not, is that technically perjury?

Nope. Check out what an “Alford Plea” is. You can plead guilty while mantaining your innocence but conceding you will likely be convicted at trial.

Plea bargaining is an extremely coercive process meant to chalk up prosecution wins while circumventing a constitutional right to trial.

Dangle the likelyhood of years behind bars if losing at trial with “just getting it over with” and many will choose the later. Guilty or not.

[MayflowerMadam]

I know what an Alford Plea is. I watch ID and Oxygen all the time.

Did Jenna’s case involve an Alford Plea? I didn’t notice that.