From: jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 11:47:01 +0000, Jon Ribbens wrote:
> On 2025-08-16, Jethro_uk wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:06:46 +0100, GB wrote:
>>> In particular, she claimed she didn't understand the consequences of
>>> pleading guilty, which the COA found 'incredible' - which is fairly
>>> close to calling her a blatant liar.
>>
>> So she really is a bit dim ?
>>
>> I am reminded of people who subsequently discover that accepting a
>> caution is pleading guilty.
>
> I've got a lot more sympathy for that - it doesn't involve standing up
> in court and saying "guilty", and the police often do not inform you in
> any clear way at all that you're pleading guilty to a crime by signing
> the papers and that you will therefore have a criminal record. They'll
> be stressing that if you sign you can go home straight away and not have
> to stay overnight in jail and not have to go to court.
Is that justice ?
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
|