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9Z7EErh9Et0y0Yjt98A4 t1_jeana3j wrote

Reply to comment by Hoosac_Love in Hingham Apple store crasher indicted on 2nd degree murder charges by Hoosac_Love

It's really easy to get a grand jury to indict, it's not an adversarial process.

That said, presumably the DA wouldn't swing for this unless there was something more there.

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Hoosac_Love OP t1_jeani9a wrote

Yea ,they won't want the egg on there face better known as an acquittal

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9Z7EErh9Et0y0Yjt98A4 t1_jeaoc98 wrote

Most cases end in plea agreements, so it's not exactly uncommon for prosecution to pile up scary indictments to improve their negotiation position. Plead guilty to a reduced charge or risk a billion years at trial, doesn't require a master of game theory to work it out.

Trial by jury is pretty uncommon outside your high school civics textbook.

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Hoosac_Love OP t1_jeaptfb wrote

Yea true ,plea scaring is an unethical but common tactic.A prosecutor is not supposed to bring charges unless they truly feel thay can prove a case BRD.

Very often they throw on charges to get a better plea,if they charge here murder 2 they can get a longer sentence out of a manslaughter plea.

It would be ironic if the DA's are using Mac book's instead of Microsoft laptops in court.

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