Burlin'

>I might be misinformed, but I imagine that people only plead if they think it’s a good deal for them, like any other negotiation.

>“If we go to trial and convict you, you’ll get 10 years. But if you plead guilty today, we’ll agree to give you 5 years.”

>I can’t imagine anyone would plead guilty and accept the whole 10 years. That’s just not logical.

>Good deal for the suspect. And the prosecutor gets to do less work. But not a good deal for society.

Yes, but also no. A trial is unpredictable. The defendant doesn't want a trial because there's a chance they'll get the max. The prosecutor doesn't want a trial because the defendant might walk. The lawyers on both sides are guessing at the probability of every outcome and bargaining. That's most of the job these days.

>If there’s enough evidence for a conviction, maybe it’s about time we start getting convictions and some real sentences.

That's the other sticky thing. The jury is not always making a clear factual determination. You're asking a group of twelve amateurs to come to a consensus about some big gray areas, e.g. intent.

Most people plead. That means very little.

Getting a satisfactory plea is most of the prosecutors job and if they can't even do that, that speaks to the quality of the prosecution or the police work collecting evidence.

If you think prosecutors have a massive caseload, imagine the public defender this guy almost certainly had. Regardless, if the prosecutor has too much work, what the fuck is taking priority over prostituting a minor?

Sounds like quite a plea. So either the case was weak or the prosecutor thought he had something better to do.

More people can't afford to live indoors, but still have stuff they want to keep.

No judge let him off. He pled guilty and served the time.

If you want to give repeat minor offenders life, say it.

Surprise, it's our critically underfunded VA and fucking PEER SUPPORT.

No wonder so many cops claim they fear for their lives in a normal incident. Of fucking course they fear for their lives. They've got untreated PTSD. They can't have a normal trip to the grocery store without fear for their lives.

Don't believe the hype.

1. Not investigating the first time he killed someone.
2. The suspended sentence after he stole a gun and threatened police.
3. He was at the scene, matched the description, and not questioned for some reason.

Probably others I missed.

He may have killed before. There was barely an investigation.

*Country

Anybody count how many times law enforcement dropped the ball here?

At some point it's not about "living situation", it's about wealth as power. You're not living any more comfortably on $100 billion than you would on $1 billion.

How is bizarro world? Bad?

I'd like to play the game, any idea where I can get a quarter million dollar unsecured loan from a rich relative like Bezos?

He's not giving away enough to risk his unimaginably vast fortune.

Give'em the rest of Bezos's money and we'll call it even.

You think the boss lets the peons write the sign?

Sununu will kill it.

How much do you think it costs in America to fill a cavity?

Why New Hampshire specifically?

No one is pregnant for eight months and three weeks for funsies and gets a last minute abortion.

Late abortions only happen in fairly narrow circumstances and for specific reasons.

What are they going to do? Fight about it?

Fed's raising interest rates specifically to increase unemployment. Got any other theories?