https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/12/on-coercion-and-plea-bargaining/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 30 Dec 2018 20:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/12/on-coercion-and-plea-bargaining/comment-page-1/#comment-351766 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:02:49 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72850#comment-351766 Think that the Flynn case is going to make any sort of long term change in how pleas are done?

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/12/on-coercion-and-plea-bargaining/comment-page-1/#comment-351762 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:29:28 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72850#comment-351762 My concern is that prosecutors appear to pile on redundant and even bogus charges in their efforts to force a plea deal. They turn armed robbery into armed robbery + terroristic threats + kidnapping + unlawful firearm possession + resisting arrest. This is why Flynn pled guilty–ran out of money based on the pile of threats in spite of his legal right to have been talking to the Russian ambassador.

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