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Re: Why are MTA workers not striking due to tonight's conductor assault? |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Jul 24 18:26:56 2019, in response to Re: Why are MTA workers not striking due to tonight's conductor assault?, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jul 24 10:04:04 2019. I was providing a new option for those who as plead guilty.Yes, but that doesn't really address the issue of jails being overcrowded with remandees, nor the implicit and closely related issue of innocent people pleading guilty specifically because pleading guilty carries a lesser punishment than being acquitted at trial. I know, I had done that for a red light violation which was BOGUS and the officer knew it would not stand up. It was bogus? I thought that "if Nice to see you've come around on that, so here's a quick question for you. Imagine you were arrested on a bogus charge more serious than a red light violation. You were brought before the judge and offered this choice: 1. Plead guilty. Get 10 lashes. Go home. 2. Plead not guilty. Be remanded to jail for 120 days awaiting trial. After 120 days in jail, you will be acquitted at trial and be allowed to go home. What choice do you make? What choice do you think would be made by an innocent person with a job they can't afford to lose, where 120 days in jail means they won't have a home to go back to once they're released? |
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