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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by jasonlotito on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:44AM (#16168786)
It's not that you are refusing a procedure as much as you are choosing a procedure that the doctor thinks will cause you more harm. I'm not saying this means the lawyer is right or wrong, just that the analogy wasn't quite right.
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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by emodendroket on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @11:56AM (#16169514)
As far as I can see, changing the plea midway through is more like an intervention. And further weakening the lawyer's position, it appears he flubbed the procedure in several ways while doing so.
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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by jerf on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:53AM (#16168863)
I don't think that was intended as an analogy, but another example of when no matter how professional someone may be, we do not force their decisions upon the people being affected.
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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by jasonlotito on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @11:12AM (#16169039)
Well, then the example fails even more so as an example, but I can see what you are saying.
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