re: #293 RogueOne

re: #285 negativ

I can’t believe we’re still fighting about O’keefe and ACORN but there was no “attempted bugging” of any office. The “accusation” did not equate to reality hence the dropped charges. You might want to update your links:

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Anyone who follows federal prosecutions knows if they had any chance at all of getting a conviction they would have proceeded with a trial. The feds don’t do plea deals unless they have no case.

Without getting involved in the argument as such, I need to point out that plea deals usually come about where:
a) both the prosecution and the defense have doubts about the outcome, and consider a negotiated result better than an uncertain one
b) the prosecution has a strong case, but is interested in trading part of the potential punishment for something of value from the defendant.

A defense attorney would be in serious breach of his duties towards his or her client in negotiating a plea deal when the prosecution “has no case”. I think in this case, certain charges were dropped in return for a plea on the other charges, to avoid the uncertainty of trial.