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0 pointsphpisthebest2y ago0 comments

We need a rule to prevent plea deals that cross the 3 major punishment classifications (felony, misdemeanor, infraction) .

i.e a prosecutor should not be allowed to plead out a felony to a misdemeanor, that should be by default viewed as unethically coercive

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or the opposite where a simple misdemeanor gets trumped up to a felony so that the plea to a misdemeanor sounds like a good deal

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or the opposite where a simple misdemeanor gets trumped up to a felony so that the plea to a misdemeanor sounds like a good deal

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