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To: Lurking Libertarian

Semantically incorrect.

The judge asks the defense what their plea is to the charges.

The defense attorneys respond.

The judge then enters the plea into the court record.

Shyster lawyers entr not guilty pleas for obviously guilty clients.


13 posted on 08/21/2015 9:03:16 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Semantically incorrect. The judge asks the defense what their plea is to the charges. The defense attorneys respond. The judge then enters the plea into the court record.

Not always. Often the lawyer will not enter a plea at all, in which case the judge is required to enter a not guilty plea. From the article, that appears to be what happened here.

Shyster lawyers entr not guilty pleas for obviously guilty clients.

Obviously guilty? You know this how? You were there? The lawyer was?

I have never defended someone charged with murder, but I have defended people charged with criminal tax evasion. Some of them were "obviously guilty," but I pled them not guilty anyway, at least at the first appearance.

14 posted on 08/21/2015 9:15:16 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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