Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 10 2006 @ 01:22 PM CST

The chance of getting a favorable jury is iffy at best. And defendants are more likely to get a worse sentence when tried by jury.

Although it is unfortunate that they went without a fight and decided to plead not guilty, it is far better than deciding to cooperate and name and testify against other.

Similarly, it is these people who had the courage to commit these acts and are the ones putting their lives on the line, so it should be their decision about how easy they want their trial to be when caught (of course barring all acts of snitching).

Lastly, as a reason of principle, I would hope all future defendents will not cooperate in any way and put the burden of proving guilt on the prosecutor/state.

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