Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

ELI5: How can an alford plea be different from a guilty plea if your pleading to all charges? Kind of like the West Memphis 3?

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ELI5: How can an alford plea be different from a guilty plea if your pleading to all charges? Kind of like the West Memphis 3?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

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Alternatively, why doesn’t everyone choose this plea then?
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  I don’t believe that the judge or prosecutor have to allow you to have that option.

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