Hey, my name is Rowan, They/Them, black and queer. I hate terfs so if you are one then just get lost. If you want something tagged feel free to reach out to me. #blacktranslivesmatter
whenever a client is going to take a plea, the judge goes through a series of questions with the client before they’re willing to accept the plea. two of these questions are “has anyone promised you anything in exchange for this plea?” and “has anyone forced or threatened you to plead guilty today?”. The client has to say “no” to both questions for their plea to be accepted, otherwise the judge rejects the plea and the case continues as though it would go to trial.
every time they say “no,” it’s a lie. a plea deal is built on threats and promises.
the ADA promises to drop the remaining charges against you. the judge promises to give you a specific sentence. often this sentence is below the mandatory minimum they would be required to sentence you to if you were found guilty of the original charges. but there’s other, more subtle, promises as well. you can go home tonight. you can see your kids again. you can go back to work. you don’t have to come to court anymore.
the judge does the majority of the threatening during plea deals. if you are being held and you do not take the plea, you will remain incarcerated until the end of trial and they will do their best to ensure you remain incarcerated the entire duration. if you don’t take this plea today, they say they will not allow you to take one later on. if you go to trial, they will sentence you to the maximum allowed. the ADA says that if you don’t take this plea today, we will hold you to the charge with no chance of reduction. they tell you that they will call the police officer to testify, and he will say you did it (even if you didn’t). if you are not a citizen, they tell you that you will be deported or removed from the country and avenues of relief will be closed to you.
97% of criminal cases end in plea deals for a reason.
take the initiative! if you don’t want to be somewhere simply leave! :) - transmonstera
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and don’t give me any of that “oh hes only defending depictions of child porn” or “but he supports the internet archive now!!” because
positive depictions of child rape do indeed cause and contribute to real life csa
the damage he has done in his support of the lawsuit against the internet archive cannot be reversed, no matter how hard he tries to backpedal and deny his involvement
if you’re gonna be a condescending cunt, at least put in the bare minimum research to back it up you goddamn fucking moron
It’s still so strange to me how apparently taboo it is to like a post on someone’s Instagram from a month ago when there are posts still circulating on Tumblr from 1550 BCE
If he didn’t want it circulating in 2022 he should have sold better copper
in retrospect its so fucking funny that Korra did pro-bending while also being avatar. Its like if the pope was in mma matches and also fought crime on the side
And then what if that same pope ended up in a gay relationship with Jeff Bezos’s son, after putting Bezos in jail years ago. And they take their honeymoon in the garden of eden.
