>be charged with murdering your wife and kids
>face the death penalty
>admit to murdering your wife and kids
>get sentence reduced
Why is American justice so weird?
Be charged with murdering your wife and kids
Josiah Ramirez
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Brandon Scott
Because he told the truth and the sentence will be prison for life
Parker Wood
It makes sense if you think about it. If the punishment were the same regardless of whether they confessed or the prosecutor took the time to prove their guilt, it would inevitably lead to every trial being drawn out for as long as possible to delay the sentence. The fact is that our justice system is already incredibly overburdened, so we incentivize criminals to come forward and admit their guilt in exchange for a lighter sentence so that the entire process can be expedited and place less strain on the system. We literally don't have enough time, money, or resources to draw out every single case. The less time it takes to conclude a case, the more time can be spent on other cases, some of which could have been backlogged for years or even decades while waiting for trial.
Kayden Gonzalez
because he has been charged for multiple crime, each one carries a heavy sentence but since he doesn't admit guilt they can be seen as separate violations of the law
if he pleads guilty to his most serious crime, the other crimes are just "accessories" to his murder
it has to do with the prosecution
Dominic Gonzalez
Why don't you just scrap your endless appeals system?
Anthony Turner
t. serving human fresh on travelers dish
Josiah Murphy
Common law is absolutelly retarded
>trip and fall
>sue the city
Adrian Lewis
Because judges can do things badly and citizens should have the right to appeal an incorrect or biased decision
Parker Miller
>sue the city
That's only because of building codes that the city or county created themselves, which is ridiculously expansive and overbearing with *partial* exceptions for fire and electricity and plumbing code
Angel Nelson
>why not just scrap your rights
no thanks ladyboy
Jaxon Mitchell
Sounds like you have something to hide.
Andrew Thompson
indeed, what they have to hide?
Jace Baker
Americans have no rights.
Juan Carter
Would be better to kill him then keep him around for life.
Ryan Johnson
Killing is more expensive in the USA.
Nolan Thompson
It’s the same here. Prosecutors and particular accusations ask for x years, if the admit it before having the full trial they usually get less years.
Ian James
dam that is mexican tier.
Joseph Martinez
depends on how many courts they go through to appeal.
Luke Carter
Imagine what that evil cunt did to that poor guy that he had to resort to that
Gavin Cox
executions are a huge pain in the ass here to be honest
Isaac Walker
did his sentence get reduced from 200 years to 120?
Luis Baker
Because in my understanding it's based on 2 things:
>leverage
>making the process easier for the members of the judicial system
But it's a balancing act, at least to the accused. If you straight up confess to a crime immediately, you have no leverage - your sentence might be reduced, it might not be which is entirely dependent on the sentencing judge. And then is true once you're already at trial and have a lawyer to negotiate for you.
Frankly, because your sentence times are entirely luck-based if you confess immediately the best course of action for a guilty party facing accusation is to wait until your lawyer has bargained you into the best position possible after going to trial.
>source: what I remember my lawyer telling me when I was facing an aggravated assault charge
It's a weird fucking system.
David Murphy
The US justice system is designed to make it very hard to get a conviction, so that innocent people don't go to prison. But prosecutors want to get a conviction because they think that means they "won" and are the better lawyer. Since plea bargaining exists, they can pile on the charges into something way more extreme than necessary and hope the defendant accepts the offer out of fear. It's similar to the medieval system where confessions were obtained through torture.
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