Comments on: Just Pleading Guilty http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2007/11/just-pleading-guilty.html the tao of criminal-defense trial lawyering Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: marsha james http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2007/11/just-pleading-guilty.html/comment-page-1#comment-7741 marsha james Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:07:49 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/?p=403#comment-7741 You continue to amaze...glad to know that you would counsel an individual to examine all options before turning their future over to the man. My son will be going on trial on April 20th. I cannot bear to key in the actual charge but suffice it to say that it arose from an incident of domestic violence and he has a criminal record resulting from the WOD. His attorney said to me yesterday that "he is standing on principle' because he will not accept their offer of ten years. While I like to think that my son has that integrity, the truth is that he is twenty-seven years old and does not want to emerge from prison when he is headed for middle age. But, it is a gamble for sure and my family is scared beyond belief. Aside from the WOD, the issue of domestic violence and how it is treated in the criminal justice system is something that I would like to see you address. I am in no way suggesting that it is a good thing for men to beat up on women but in these situations the word of the complainant appears to be holy and beyond question. You continue to amaze…glad to know that you would counsel an individual to examine all options before turning their future over to the man. My son will be going on trial on April 20th. I cannot bear to key in the actual charge but suffice it to say that it arose from an incident of domestic violence and he has a criminal record resulting from the WOD.
His attorney said to me yesterday that “he is standing on principle’ because he will not accept their offer of ten years. While I like to think that my son has that integrity, the truth is that he is twenty-seven years old and does not want to emerge from prison when he is headed for middle age. But, it is a gamble for sure and my family is scared beyond belief.
Aside from the WOD, the issue of domestic violence and how it is treated in the criminal justice system is something that I would like to see you address. I am in no way suggesting that it is a good thing for men to beat up on women but in these situations the word of the complainant appears to be holy and beyond question.

]]> By: Matlock http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2007/11/just-pleading-guilty.html/comment-page-1#comment-697 Matlock Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:32:00 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/?p=403#comment-697 Thanks for the shout out. <br/><br/>I'm trying to get this water from behind my ears as hard as I can.<br/><br/>So other than cooperators and quck-pleaders, is there any other group you refuse to represent? Thanks for the shout out.

I’m trying to get this water from behind my ears as hard as I can.

So other than cooperators and quck-pleaders, is there any other group you refuse to represent?

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