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WTF Actually Hell....Sullivan Appointed Prosecutor Allowed to Call Witness and Fact Find. Sick Perversion of Justice Here (theconservativetreehouse.com)
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– AlohaSnackbar 15 points ago +16 / -1

Technically (almost) everyone who makes a plea deal is guilty of perjury. Part of the allocution of the guilty plea in many jurisdictions requires that the defendant state (or answer) that they are making the plea absent any deals or promises made.

It's just one of the fucked up part of our legal system.

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– kjj9 16 points ago +16 / -0

Technically, you have to say that you aren't under coercion. Except that for some reason, the people at the next table telling you that they are going to lock you up for the next 371 years if you don't take the deal doesn't count as coercion.

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