I was told that African Americans wind up in jail so often because they plead guilty to get lighter sentences because they can't afford a lawyer to fight the charges. Is that incorrect?
I was told that African Americans wind up in jail so often because they plead guilty to get lighter sentences because they can't afford a lawyer to fight the charges. Is that incorrect?
You actually do, since I just told you.
Now, is it incorrect that black people wind up in jail so often because they plead guilty to get lighter sentences because they can't afford a lawyer to fight the charges?
You actually do, since I just told you.
Now, is it incorrect that black people wind up in jail so often because they plead guilty to get lighter sentences because they can't afford a lawyer to fight the charges?
People plead guilty all the time as part of a plea-deal if their lawyer is convinced that they'd either lose the case, or that an impartial jury would be hard to come by, or a good deal was enough to satisfy the client. Happens all the time.
I was told that African Americans wind up in jail so often because they plead guilty to get lighter sentences because they can't afford a lawyer to fight the charges. Is that incorrect?
You actually do, since I just told you.
Now, is it incorrect that black people wind up in jail so often because they plead guilty to get lighter sentences because they can't afford a lawyer to fight the charges?