[Zhang Fei]

[So you think this Caplan guy, big nyc attorney thought he should have fought it? Why would he plead guilty today if he thought he had a chance? Afterall, pleading to a felony is automatic disbarrment.]

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You need big bucks to fight the Feds. The question is whether Caplan had $100m. It’s not enough to think you can beat them on the merits - it also necessary that you have the money to fight them. That’s why prosecutorial abuse is so egregious - most people don’t have the money to mount a serious fight against the bottomless resources of the state.

The guy who went after the lacrosse players at UNC, Mike Nifong, thought he could rack up brownie points with black voters for the next election by nailing a clutch of Great White Defendants. The defendants’ parents emptied their bank accounts and did home equity loans to hire the best in the biz to defend them. And that was just a county-level prosecution.

[gcparent]

That was Duke not UNC and 2 of the 3 families were well off. Well worth the fight. They would have still been in prison. Great attorneys representing them
They were innocent. The college admission scandal parents are guilty. Recordings, email, tax deductions etc.