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How plea bargaining forces innocent people to choose between truth and safety

My client is clearly innocent but taking his case to trial is risky and the DA is offering a plea that would get him out in two years instead of potentially twenty.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're navigating a system where the smartest advice often means advising innocent people to accept guilt to avoid worse consequences.

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