Rebekah Jones ordered to admit guilt, pay $20K in deferred prosecution agreement

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by starkd • 4 years ago

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uberman2• 4 years ago

No one in the USA is ever "ordered" to admit guilt. It is quite plausible she agreed to admit guilt as part of a deal but never would she be forced.

schiffern2• 4 years ago

A distinction without a difference. Compare:

"I order you to do X, and if you don't you'll be punished with bad thing Y."

vs.

"You can agree to do X, but if you don't then bad thing Y will happen to you."

The choice is the same. The difference is merely semantics.

Prosecutors in the USA are well known to use these sort of coercive tactics in plea deals all the time.

uberman2• 4 years ago

If you are ordered to do something there is very little, if any, wiggle room to say no. It is an order not a request.

We can discuss the ethical questions of plea deals, but I see that being different that a system that orders an admission of guilt. Such systems tend to be barbaric often extracting admissions of guilt via torture.

starkd• 4 years ago

Maybe the language is jarring, but some kind of apology and admission of guilt is often typical in plea bargain arrangements.

Rebekah Jones ordered to admit guilt, pay $20K in deferred prosecution agreement

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