• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    20 years even after pleading guilty, sounds like he was looking at much much longer if he had gone to court

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      1 year ago

      that is generally how it works. You get less time for pleading guilty, because then you aren’t taking up the court’s money and time on a case.