On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Jim Bell wrote:

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Jim Bell's exhortations to deny all pleas a hard sell considering that one in four rolls over completely under pressure. :/

For 70,000 Federal criminal defendants per year, there are only about 3,500 Federal criminal trials per year. In other words, ultimately 95% 'rolls over'. (Note: That doesn't mean that they necessarily 'rat': Many defendants have no co-defendants, for example. And, a defendant might accept a plea, without agreement to testify against someone else.) With my idea of "Denial of Disservice Attack" (Offer of circa $5,000 to demand a jury trial), I'm trying to avoid that situation.

agreed; i should have said "turned rat fuck" instead of "rolled over completely". accepting a plea more apropos "rolling over"... on a related note, how deep can the court queue grow before it becomes untenable and denies prosecutions? the recent civil court delays appear to be trivial despite cries of dire circumstance...[0] 0. "For Federal Courts, Shutdown Caused Broad Disruptions" [ED: for generous interpretation of "broad disruption"] http://news.uscourts.gov/federal-courts-shutdown-caused-broad-disruptions [ED2: more comedy, e.g. 'after 17 days delay, “the general impression was that federal courts were on their last breath,”' - LULZ]