While I completely agree, and while everything you say is 100% true, I'm not sure I see that in this situation.
Sidney is simply making a business decision. Gamble $500k-$1m of a 50/50 guilty verdict or spend $2,700.00 on a sure thing. Not a hard decision.
BUT:
When she has to make the plea in court (I forget the name of this process) if I were her, I'd sure explain the blackmail that the prosecution is playing. I'd say that I do NOT enter this plea voluntarily, but rather that I was coerced and blackmailed by legal thuggery. But then again, that's the type of person I am.
While I completely agree, and while everything you say is 100% true, I'm not sure I see that in this situation.
Sidney is simply making a business decision. Gamble $500k-$1m of a 50/50 guilty verdict or spend $2,700.00 on a sure thing. Not a hard decision.
BUT: When she has to make the plea in court (I forget the name of this process) if I were her, I'd sure explain the blackmail that the prosecution is playing. I'd say that I do NOT enter this plea voluntarily, but rather that I was coerced and blackmailed by legal thuggery. But then again, that's the type of person I am.
I agree with you and that is great clarification. Thank you.
That would most certainly violate the terms of her deal.