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

oldmom4896
Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:33:32 +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.

I don’t think he was represented by a public offender.

Here’s a story about the arrest: