22 March 2003

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God Bless our Troops.
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A public defender worked a deal which he thought was advantageous to his client and would have involved a five year sentence. The defendant refuses the deal and decides to plead not guilty. Somehow the paperwork ends up in front of the judge and he signs it - WITHOUT THE DEFENDANT EVEN COMING TO THE COURTROOM. After the defendant has served a year everyone figures it out

Damage control kicks in: the defendant is given time served (rather than the years he should have) so he's happy and won't file bar complaints and everybody walks away happy.

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