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Another sad day for US Justice

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    Another sad day for US Justice

    Another sad day for US Justice




    A retired businessman extradited to the US on charges of selling weapons parts to Iran is to change his plea to guilty after reaching a deal with prosecutors.

    Even a nut and bold could be classed as a 'weapon component'.
    Plea bargaining makes the US Justice system on the same level dodgy countries that parade people on TV to announce forced confessions. I hope this guy comes back to the UK and takes the UK to the European Court.
    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

    #2
    He did the right thing pleading guilty even if innocent. He will get back home way sooner.

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      #3
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      He did the right thing pleading guilty even if innocent. He will get back home way sooner.
      Realy?? only a fool admits being guilty to something he is innocent of surely!!

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        #4
        IIRC the NatWest bankers were dragged kicking and screaming across the Atlantic protesting their innocence after failing to get extradition halted - and then immediately changed their plea to guilty once State side
        How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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          #5
          Originally posted by Troll View Post
          IIRC the NatWest bankers were dragged kicking and screaming across the Atlantic protesting their innocence after failing to get extradition halted - and then immediately changed their plea to guilty once State side
          so did howard marks

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            #6
            Originally posted by Troll View Post
            IIRC the NatWest bankers were dragged kicking and screaming across the Atlantic protesting their innocence after failing to get extradition halted - and then immediately changed their plea to guilty once State side
            Originally posted by moggy View Post
            so did howard marks
            I see a pattern developing ...
            How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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              #7
              Originally posted by Support Monkey View Post
              Realy?? only a fool admits being guilty to something he is innocent of surely!!
              No. It happened to a relative. She wanted to plea guilty and get it over with. I advised her not to plea guilty to shop lifting in a case where she could not find the receipt. Magistrates found her guilty. It went to appeal by which time the receipt was found. A brilliant firm of solicitors that had an ex-police private detective working for them gathered evidence and proved in court that the store detective and police were lying. The case was quashed after 15 minutes.
              "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                #8
                Originally posted by Support Monkey View Post
                Realy?? only a fool admits being guilty to something he is innocent of surely!!
                That's the problem with plea bargains. If you were offered 1 year if you plead guilty to something you didn't do, but faced 25 years if convicted in court, what would you do?
                Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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