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Here are two cases where rape defendants chose to plead guilty to a crimes they did not commit:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/readme/2002/...

http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/2012/05/when-innocent-clients...

I presume that such cases are a minority, that those who plead guilty generally are. But I don't know what the actual odds are. What makes you certain? Or are you comfortable passing judgement regardless?



Yes, it has happened.

I'm comfortable forming an opinion based on the facts available. As I said in my comment, I'd like more info since it's ostensibly a public function to run a government court.

Otherwise we can all just run around with our hands in the air crying about how we just can't make a decision on anything in which we weren't directly a party.


Yeaaaah this isn't one of those cases, I'm pretty comfortable judging on this one




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