Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoELI5: How can an alford plea be different from a guilty plea if your pleading to all charges? Kind of like the West Memphis 3?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down14
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareELI5: 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 · 21 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareMrJameGumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 days agoI’m no expert but I believe people usually take the Alford plea when they are going to be found guilty no matter what and want to at least try to get a lesser sentence
I’m no expert but I believe people usually take the Alford plea when they are going to be found guilty no matter what and want to at least try to get a lesser sentence