Why wouldn’t he get a lighter sentence for a guilty plea?
Comment on Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping custody at Wandsworth prison
JoBo@feddit.uk 1 year agoHe’s got absolutely no reason to plead guilty. He’s not going to get a lighter sentence so he might as well cost them as much as possible by forcing a trial, and extending the news coverage of this embarrassing story.
Not a fan of the guy or his ideology but, from his perspective, this makes perfect sense.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
JoBo@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Because they’re going to throw the book at him regardless now.
He may also disagree with the “lawfully detained” bit of the charge, given that he has pleaded not guilty to the original charges he was due to stand trial for. But he doesn’t really have anything to lose either way. There are screaming tabloids on the case now, he might as well spin it out.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’d have thought they’d want less fuss, so would offer him a deal…but you’re right, I don’t think he’d accept anyway. The media circus is all he’s got.
JoBo@feddit.uk 1 year ago
This is the UK. We don’t do plea bargains. There are sentencing guidelines which include giving credit for an early guilty plea but, in this case, I doubt it will make much difference to whatever sentence he eventually gets.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
It’s like obviously guilty people appealing their sentence: they have a right to do so and as such their solicitor will recommend that they do it. There’s almost no chance of them getting their sentence overturned or reduced, but you don’t ask, you don’t get.