Understandable frustration. Misplaced target. The system is coercive. Go to trial & lose: Sentenced automatically to years under harsh mandatory minimum laws. It’s not public defenders. It’s barbaric laws that give prosecutors too much power. We’re fighting to abolish them.
Pleading isn’t my decision to make. Some cases are strong. Others weak. Some guilty & innocent. I work to enable clients to make informed decision. Yet when offered less harsh pleas pretrial by prosecutor in face of terrifying mandatory minimums, 95% plead.
99% of cases dont make it to trial.
95% of convictions are guilty pleas.
Judges rarely decide sentence.
Prosecutors have all power.
Use mandatory minimums to coerce.
We should focus on prosecutors & end mandatory minimums.
Fight against coercion.
95% of convictions are guilty pleas.
Judges rarely decide sentence.
Prosecutors have all power.
Use mandatory minimums to coerce.
We should focus on prosecutors & end mandatory minimums.
Fight against coercion.
