• chunes
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    6 hours ago

    A no-contest plea indicates that while a criminal defendant does not admit guilt, they waive their right to a trial and allow the court to treat them as if they were guilty for the purposes of sentencing.

    Honestly, what the fuck is that? Shouldn’t even be a thing.

    • Bookmeat
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      3 hours ago

      This saves society all lot of time and money. If it works as expected.

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        3 hours ago

        My point is if you’re going to accept guilty consequences, you shouldn’t be allowed to not admit guilt.

        • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
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          51 minutes ago

          I don’t really see that it matters. Not so much that it’s worth tying up the courts with a bunch of unnecessary trials just because some people are too egotistical to admit fault.