England Pleads Guilty to Abusing Prisoners

Happy Monkey · 05-05-2005, 04:48 PM

Military rules require more scrutiny of guilty pleas, to discourage peons from being forced to confess falsely in order to protect their commanders. If a guilty plea seems ungenuine, it can be stricken. This is true in nonmilitary courts as well, but there's less emphasis on it.

In theory, this is to protect the peon, but like most rules it can be used to hurt them too by nullifying a plea bargain and exposing them to a longer sentence.

05-05-2005, 04:48 PM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Military rules require more scrutiny of guilty pleas, to discourage peons from being forced to confess falsely in order to protect their commanders. If a guilty plea seems ungenuine, it can be stricken. This is true in nonmilitary courts as well, but there's less emphasis on it. In theory, this is to protect the peon, but like most rules it can be used to hurt them too by nullifying a plea bargain and exposing them to a longer sentence. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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