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		s73ver_ on Jan 17, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When You... He wasn't working against his client. His client was facing the death penalty, an the lawyer was trying to get him a lesser sentence.

TheCoelacanth on Jan 17, 2018 [–]

Incompetently trying to get him a lesser sentence. He straight out declared that his client was guilty in favor of a defense that legally was not allowed.

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