We know the Waco DA is not scared to bring tough assault cases to trial.
If the plea means some probation, a small fine, and the ability to have it completely removed from your criminal record, why risk a trial? He didn't plea to rape/assault.I may be naive, but if I’m innocent, no way in hell I am accepting a plea after being charged with this.
Sometimes a plea deal is a much safer option than putting your life in the hands of 12 members of the general publicI may be naive, but if I’m innocent, no way in hell I am accepting a plea after being charged with this.
Better than 2 hands of a bailure football playahSometimes a plea deal is a much safer option than putting your life in the hands of 12 members of the general public
Actually, many of the people pushing the total void of property rights and open gov in Heath are actually not from Heath. Some moved in from out of state. But your point is well made.You mean like Heath?
... and hang a bannerCongrats! By getting that in the mail, Baylor will count that toward their application numbers!
You mean Liberty University.Perp is enrolled at UT Dallas....apparently 12,000 don't like it.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/dallas/article222992430.html
Should have tried UT Knoxville instead.
Maybe so, but the way the DA’s Office informed the victim of the plea deal (by email) is disgraceful. Then the ADA doesn’t show up at sentencing and is now “sick” with no one else available in the entire office that can talk about it. It is almost like the DA’s Office doesn’t want to answer any questions pertaining to this plea deal.
On the news tonight, they said that UTD has kicked the individual out of school.Perp is enrolled at UT Dallas....apparently 12,000 don't like it.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/dallas/article222992430.html
Should have tried UT Knoxville instead.
I understand that. My comments had to do with the way the DA’s Office handled the situation.Any trial lawyer will tell you that witnesses don't always tell the truth. That means a lawyer has to judge the strength of a case knowing that the pre-trial information they have is flawed.
Therefore, when a deal is in the best interest of the case then the lawyer in charge has to make a call.
meh. If I had had a vocal, adamant victim like this I would have tried the case. A DA litererally loses nothing from an NG where the victim insists on trying what appears to be a weak case. If it’s an auto theft with proof problems and you plead it down in the face of victim objection so be it. If it’s a violent personal crime the downside to pleading it down in the face of this kind of opposition far outweighs the value of a chicken illegal restraint deferredOn the news tonight, they said that UTD has kicked the individual out of school.
On the news tonight, they said that UTD has kicked the individual out of school.
Good.I read somewhere that he was set to graduate later this month. Don’t have any sympathy for him, but getting kicked out with a week to go would be brutal.
meh. If I had had a vocal, adamant victim like this I would have tried the case. A DA litererally loses nothing from an NG where the victim insists on trying what appears to be a weak case. If it’s an auto theft with proof problems and you plead it down in the face of victim objection so be it. If it’s a violent personal crime the downside to pleading it down in the face of this kind of opposition far outweighs the value of a chicken sh illegal restraint deferred
I read somewhere that he was set to graduate later this month. Don’t have any sympathy for him, but getting kicked out with a week to go would be brutal.