Comment by bell-cot
16 days ago
Consider the story a PSA, for folks who still believe that Trust and Justice are somehow part of the American Way. Maybe use it as a teaching tool with your kids, too.
16 days ago
Consider the story a PSA, for folks who still believe that Trust and Justice are somehow part of the American Way. Maybe use it as a teaching tool with your kids, too.
Don't teach your kids that some one-off oddball case reported by non-standard news media is the norm. It's not.
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/22/1158356619/plea-bargains-crim...
Accepting plea bargains, even when innocent, to avoid the huge expense of defending yourself is the norm.
Admitting to guilt, even when innocent, is not normal behavior among a normal population. As evidence, the topic of this thread, and probably you and me, and not some unknown elements in a story by NPR.
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