Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoIn Arkansas can my brother sue the public defender for pressing him to take a deal and was told don't tell the judge you were pressed into this plea because I will jail you mom?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down16
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareIn Arkansas can my brother sue the public defender for pressing him to take a deal and was told don't tell the judge you were pressed into this plea because I will jail you mom?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·19 hours agoYou’re gonna have to explain how a public defender has the power to jail anyone. Prosecutors coerce people to take deals thousands of times every day. Not only is that legal, and normal, the system would collapse without it.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·18 hours agoYea but after being threatened to take the deal or else?
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·17 hours agoYes, that’s exactly how it works. It just seems normal because it’s on Law and Order, but threatening people with prison is coercive.
You’re gonna have to explain how a public defender has the power to jail anyone. Prosecutors coerce people to take deals thousands of times every day. Not only is that legal, and normal, the system would collapse without it.
Yea but after being threatened to take the deal or else?
Yes, that’s exactly how it works. It just seems normal because it’s on Law and Order, but threatening people with prison is coercive.