6 months in prison folowed by 12 months supervised release, too harsh?

greenwitch
Sun, 20 Sep 2015 21:11:40 +0000

It’s interesting. John Oliver had a piece on his September 13th program about the public defender’s offices and how overworked they are. Apparently, more than 90% of people plead guilty, often because they are urged to do so and told it will go easy for them. He profiled a few cases where innocent people pled guilty and the repercussions it had.

Some public defenders work 300 - 1000 cases a year and have less than 10 minutes to allocate to each case!

I’m not saying that’s what happened in this case, but it is a possibility unless he had his own representation.