07-11-2021, 11:54 PM
(07-11-2021, 11:34 PM)Benton Wrote: In general, the courts are overburdened.
If you have a pd, they will most likely force you to plead, whether you're guilty or not. If you can get any sort of legal representation, you'll most likely get a reduced sentence. It's crazy, but it's where we are.
What's that got to do with an over burdened legal system? If you've got 15 hours worth of litigation to fit into an 8-hour day, judges arent going to force everything
Crazy thought: Maybe if the court system didn't have so many repeat offenders, and people who continually cycle through the system (people who should already be locked up) then it wouldn't be so overburdened?
Just spitballing here: I would think this could result in with judges "forcing" someone like the man who ultimately shot a father of two young girls 5 times at point blank range, for no other reason than stumbling opon a kidnapping, to remain behind bars and not be a threat to the public.
