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Re:Joe Ligon: America's 'longest juvenile lifer' on 68 years... by trothamel on Saturday May 15, 2021 @02:59PM (#27167897)
A bit of googling finds the name of the men that were murdered that night, Charles Pitts, 60, and Jackson Hamm, 65.

He admitted to murdering them. (Which is what a guilty plea fundamentally is.)

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Re:Joe Ligon: America's 'longest juvenile lifer' on 68 years... by ced on Saturday May 15, 2021 @03:11PM (#27167989)
He admitted to murdering them. (Which is what a guilty plea fundamentally is.)

Isn't the accused sometimes advised to plead guilty (regardless of the truth of the matter) because he has little chance of winning a plea of innocence? Or is that just in fiction?

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Re:Joe Ligon: America's 'longest juvenile lifer' on 68 years... by lazyasciiart on Saturday May 15, 2021 @04:28PM (#27168687)
No, it's true. 95% of felony convictions in America are from plea deals, not trials. https://www.cato.org/commentary/prisons-are-packed-because-p...
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