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johnzajac@dice.camp ("John") wrote:
Most "convicted criminals" took plea deals because the alternative was waiting in jail for 3-5 years until an understaffed and indifferent court system cared enough to put you on the docket.
The entire thing is unconstitutional (literally - speedy trial my ass) and literally designed to protect the rich and punish the poor.
A "criminal conviction", in most instances, in this era, means less than nothing; and most of them are for things like "had weed and was Black or latino"
Cut it out.