Sadly, the guilty plea says nothing about probable guilt. I don't blame you for thinking so, but I know that many people - some of them known to me personally - have been induced by their own attorneys to plead guilty to a bogus sex crime in a plea-bargain rather than face the instant prejudice of a jury and the anti-accused bias of the legal system whenever a sex crime is charged. When children are alleged to be involved that goes double. Add general public ignorance of matters relating to electronic media and you have a perfect setting for a prosecutor and judge to bring in any verdict they like. Many are cutting their losses by pleading guilty to a lesser offense than that originally charged, despite the fact that they will be branded for life, rather than risk an even larger sentence in a "worse" facility or one in which they won't be guaranteed protected or solitary confinement. It is incredible. It is disgusting. It is also true. Marc de Piolenc Iligan, Philippines "A. Melon" wrote:
Benedict pled guilty.
He pled guilty, agreeing to a plea bargain calling for 37 months in prison.
This "innocent" man agreed to spend 3 years in prison for something he didn't do. He agreed to brand himself for life as a child pornographer