Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
Quote Originally Posted by limitles View Post

Considering a major role of a lawyer is to haggle with the prosecution for a leaner sentence, a deal is almost always in the making. Add to that, a Son of Abraham made a bad call but did not threaten anyone except those monopolies already entrenched in Nevadau

Money talks. It says both sides can to do less work and the court's time is not wasted on a victimless crime. And a semi-strong message is sent out to other criminals not already working within the system.

Pay up, slap on the wrist, Bob's your Uncle.
Limitles, you need to amp up your cynicism.

money talks
Off to a strong start
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Both sides can do less work
Lawyers are paid on contingency (n/a), flat fee (lol), hourly (bingo) Two favorite words for any lawyer - billable hours.
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courts time is not wasted
Have you ever been involved in litigation? No one gives a fuck about efficiency. This is a civil servant presiding who is elected.
Face time On a fun case
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did not threaten anyone except those monopolies already entrenched in Nevada
Entrenched monopolies with deep pockets are great opponents if you are Don Quixote
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Class participation & attendance
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If graded on the curve for posts the last day or two you still score very high but efficiency and fair justice is not how this game works.

Please correct and resubmit.
Happily. I was reacting to your assumption that this case might involve no deal?
This case has plea deal written all over it.
The prosecutors have an unknown factor to wrestle with.
No similar cases to serve as a prescedent. No previous judgements to call upon. A small wildcard for sure but new territory to traverse and not something they can be completely confident about.

The accused has choices. He's not in custody. His ass is on a hammock not in some lock-up.
His crime was victimless so spending money trying to bring him to justice would be overkill. However, he doesn't have the U.S. to call home and the opposition is well aware of that.

The court will consider a plea deal a victory in that justice will have been served, they can use the guilty party as a scarecrow for others and will no doubt add to the State coffers but only if they play ball.

I'm sure you're right that the majority have no problem with a long drawn out case but a decent judge would see through that rather quickly. The court system has to be overloaded as it is.
A quick victory that turns a profit ( VOLUME, VOLUME, VOLUME) will fit in nicely with the mantra of the Nation.

BTW your graph is looking quite spiky as of late.