keep in mind that the prosecution can choose to drop any case they want to.
Yes, that is one of the big reasons for the 98% win rate.
The other big reason is they can use the resources of the state to come after individuals who can never match those resources. They can pile charges on top of charges and push someone into taking a plea deal, even though the prosector really has no case. This is evil. Look at what they did to Gen. Flynn.
Add to that that most (not all, but most) attorneys for the defense are too chicken shit to really stand up to them. This is especially true for public defenders who are not paid a million dollars to defend a wealthy person. They are working for peanuts, as they see it, so why put in any "extra work," like challenging due process before a judge and prosecutor who the defense attorney wants as friends?
You probably know who Gerry Spence is. Here is what he said about the system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcjwgaVuMhw
If the officer who wrote your charge doesn't show for court, plead Not Guilty.
Yes, I know that, but I am looking at something way more important than that. If the JUDGE HAS NO AUTHORITY, then there is no case, no witness, no nothing.
It is a challenge of the system itself, not a mere technicality.
The legal system is great for the People. It is protective of the rights of the People. But ONLY IF it is actually followed as it was intended (older case law and legal principles that still apply). It is only because of the corruption of the system that so many people get into jams in the first place.
That's the road I'm interested in checking out.
keep in mind that the prosecution can choose to drop any case they want to.
Yes, that is one of the big reasons for the 98% win rate.
The other big reason is they can use the resources of the state to come after individuals who can never match those resources. They can pile charges on top of charges and push someone into taking a plea deal, even though the prosector really has no case. This is evil. Look at what they did to Gen. Flynn.
You probably know who Gerry Spence is. Here is what he said about the system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcjwgaVuMhw
If the officer who wrote your charge doesn't show for court, plead Not Guilty.
Yes, I know that, but I am looking at something way more important than that. If the JUDGE HAS NO AUTHORITY, then there is no case, no witness, no nothing.
It is a challenge of the system itself, not a mere technicality.
The legal system is great for the People. It is protective of the rights of the People. But ONLY IF it is actually followed as it was intended (older case law and legal principles that still apply). It is only because of the corruption of the system that so many people get into jams in the first place.
That's the road I'm interested in checking out.