For some reason this was interesting to me today, because it's like such a gamble if you lose.
So I was seriously talking to a guy today, and he claims a 16 year old girl made up a story that he tried to finger her. He was arrested obviously, but offered a plea of 5 years probation and be registered as a sex offender. Since he is innocent (according to him), he denied that so he wouldn't be a registered sex offender, and lost in court.. He got 2 years and still has to register.
Even if you were innocent, would you take the chance of doing years in prison. Obviously innocent people do get wrongly accused. I really think I'd just take the probation even if i didn't do it if there was a fierce penalty otherwise.
So I was seriously talking to a guy today, and he claims a 16 year old girl made up a story that he tried to finger her. He was arrested obviously, but offered a plea of 5 years probation and be registered as a sex offender. Since he is innocent (according to him), he denied that so he wouldn't be a registered sex offender, and lost in court.. He got 2 years and still has to register.
Even if you were innocent, would you take the chance of doing years in prison. Obviously innocent people do get wrongly accused. I really think I'd just take the probation even if i didn't do it if there was a fierce penalty otherwise.