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beepbeepboopbeep1977 t1_j2cn7sc wrote

Reply to comment by 2ndprize in Sam Bankman-Fried Likely to Plead Not Guilty to Fraud Charges by habichuelacondulce

It’s how the system works. They have to plead not guilty to go to trial.

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2ndprize t1_j2dsnn1 wrote

Usually you need to do it even if you have no interest in going to trial.

But this is reddit where people like to think a formality has deep meaning

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beepbeepboopbeep1977 t1_j2f9ft7 wrote

Are you saying that you plead not guilty, then use the cost of trial as a bargaining chip in a plea deal? I thought plea deals were negotiated before pre-trial hearings? (Please excuse my probable use of incorrect terms - I live outside the US and am using our local terms, hopefully they’re similar enough to be understandable).

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