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A Motivational Poster for Our Harris County Judges

Mass Pleas

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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5 Responses to “A Motivational Poster for Our Harris County Judges”

  1. Seri­ously — there are 8 defen­dants and 2 lawyers. They couldn’t add a cou­ple more.

  2. JL Carpenter says:

    I don’t believe this is a fair and accu­rate depic­tion of what was tak­ing place at the time. For starters, I am not that fat or white. Yes, that is another attor­ney with me. No, not all of these men were pleas.

  3. Mr. B., the bailiff on the far right looks like he caught the unknown photographer’s flash in the unknown court and is about to pounce.

    Mass plea bar­gain­ing (MPB) has become busi­ness as usual in H.C. or was this event the first? Being assigned to or agree­ing to rep­re­sent a group of crim­i­nal defen­dants in a non-class action suit, smells a lot like China. Thanks.

    *If this is cool with every­one, then I advo­cate for a proper cir­cle jerk where police read sus­pects the so-called rights in front of the vehi­cle and the unit’s assigned ADA facil­i­tates back seat plead­ings (BSP), com­plete with free rides to the ATM and / or prison of choice, all in the name of …

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