have you ever been arrested for something you didnt do, and then forced to plead guilty so the D.A. would have

Question

a win on his shelf, and they told you.. so it would all just go away if you would just agree to the guilty plea?

Answer 1

I know someone who was advised to plead no contest even though he didn't do it. He was told by the public defender that the DA wouldn't let him plead not guilty because a jury trial would take too long and be too expensive. He was also told that the no contest plea would make it all go away with no record.

Yes, fair law-abiding citizens, the DA really does do these kinds of things. Innocent people wrongfully accused of petty crimes are intimidated and emotionally drained by the public defender/DA to admit guilt "because it would just be over with faster so you can go on with your life". They used scare tactics on my friend like, "it will cost you $10,000 to go to a jury trial", or "the police record has your name on it and as far as a jury cares, the police don't lie, so you'll get convicted even if you didn't do it".

Answer 2

I've never been arrested and I've never arrested anyone who I knew wasn't guilty (at least on cases that I've made). That being said, if I had been arrested for something and I didn't do what I was accused of doing I would never plead guilty. The burden of proof is on the state, beyond a reasonable doubt, and if you have even a somewhat descent lawyer he/she should be able to refute the evidence offered by the state. By the way, it doesn't just all go away. The CONVICTION you now have on your record is there FOREVER! I would appeal if it's not too late. Go for a jury trial. All that being said, I find it hard to believe you were just walking down the street one day and were swept up by a police officer on a trumped up charge. I not naive enough to say it wouldn't or couldn't happen, I just don't believe it would get that far.

Answer 3

i have never been arrested, but at one time i was being seriuosly investigated for a theft of money i did not in anyway have anything to do with. i was a wreck for 3 mos. waiting for someone to tell me that they were no longer considering me the thief--at one point i decided that i knew what i would do if brought before the judge--i plea would this: "your honor, with all due respect, I refuse to plea" why? well, we have a small town full of corruption--if i made a plea of "NOT GUILTY" things would be far worse for me. if i said "Guilty" it would be a lie. if i said "no contest" then the court would assume i was guilty and that would be deciving the court--there was no way i could give ANY plea--so i was going to say exactly that i refused to give ANY type of plea--i never heard of ayone doing that and i figured the'd have to just back off and thorw the whole thing out--but it never came to that--i have always wished i had had my day in court--i had been treated as tho i was a criminal and i did nothing to deserve it. i still have feelings of low self esteem over the whole deal--cops can be cruel to those who have not broken any law.. especially in this small town i live in. they get away with murder here. sometimes u must think way ahead in order to stay safe from the cops here--great huh?

Answer 4

Ok, so here's where the problem is: "forced to plead guilty."

First of all, if you didn't do anything wrong (your voluntary action), then you wouldn't be in that position.

You can say no to a plea offer, and your lawyer should be taking care of that so you never feel forced.

Answer 5

Are you trying to tell me that the police just walked up to you and arrested you for something you didn't do and for which there was no "probable cause" or evidence that you may have committed a crime?

And...after being arrested, booked, and arraigned in front of a judge, you were "forced" to plead guilty? What did they do to "force" you? Did they torture you until you signed on the dotted line?

Come on buddy...you're not telling us the whole story, *are* you?

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Anyone who plead guilty to a crime they didn't commit just to "make it all go away" has made a very stupid mistake. And no, unless there was a gun to that person's head, they were not forced.

Answer 8

I've never heard of it so the D.A. could win, I've heard of it because there was little or no chance of being aqquited, or to avoid a long drawn out trial that would cost tons of $$$, but never to help the DA.

Answer 9

You can not be forced to accept a plea bargain, however you can usually negotiate yourself a better deal in exchange for a guilty plea.

Answer 10

I would say that if I were ever in a situation like that I'd hire myself a good investigator to see what was going on behind the scenes and give me proof so I'd have that in court. I'd get a good attorney too. I'd also bring this to the media and raise hell.