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Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics). Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, many taken from the following places:  "The Soundtrackers Group"  "Blog Harbor" "Blogging Circle of Friends " "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" "JAFBG" "Take up Your Cross" Thanks for stopping by!  |
 Prompt #41: If you were on trial for a crime you didn't commit, would there be any circumstances under which you'd consider taking a plea deal? If so, what and why? I would really struggle with this decision because I have both a very strong sense of right and wrong (and I share MLK's belief that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice"), so a big part of my inner monologue would be screaming, "You didn't do this! The judge/jury will see that. You shouldn't have to confess to a crime you didn't commit!" and I would have a very hard time coming to terms with the idea of taking a plea deal (which usually involve an admission of guilt). That said, I'm also a very, very practical person, and I tend to dislike risk. If it was a reasonable plea deal, I'd be very tempted to put up with a smaller injustice than entertain the possibility of being subjected to the greater injustice of being found guilty of a crime I didn't commit. For example, if pleading guilty meant probation rather than jail time, I'd really have to consider that. If the guilty were something that could eventually be reduced or expunged, I'd really have to consider that. I suppose, ultimately, it would come down to the crime I'm being accused of and how close to it that I actually came to committing it. I don't know that I could in good conscience plead guilty to murder, for example, if I definitely didn't murder someone. But if I was accused of, for example, assault and battery by someone I had gotten into an altercation with, I'd have to consider whether the plea was worth taking even if I didn't personally believe that the altercation rose to the level of the legal definition of assault and battery. So I guess all of that is to say I suppose there are circumstances where I'd consider taking a plea deal if I was innocent. The justice system is hardly perfect, and I've seen enough innocent people convicted of crimes that I don't think I could say that I would categorically stand by my own innocence at all times, especially if I saw the case trending in a wrong/unfavorable direction. But it would definitely be a last resort because, as an optimist, I'd like to still believe in the idea that truth and justice can win out, and that I won't be found guilty for something that I truly didn't do. |
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