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2ndprize t1_j2dsnn1 wrote

Reply to comment by beepbeepboopbeep1977 in Sam Bankman-Fried Likely to Plead Not Guilty to Fraud Charges by habichuelacondulce

Usually you need to do it even if you have no interest in going to trial.

But this is reddit where people like to think a formality has deep meaning

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beepbeepboopbeep1977 t1_j2f9ft7 wrote

Are you saying that you plead not guilty, then use the cost of trial as a bargaining chip in a plea deal? I thought plea deals were negotiated before pre-trial hearings? (Please excuse my probable use of incorrect terms - I live outside the US and am using our local terms, hopefully they’re similar enough to be understandable).

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