The Injustice System

You get charged with something. You go in and they offer you a plea deal. Basically, they say "We'll lessen your punishment if you accept guilt of the charges." For example, you're accused of murder. They say "You're supposed to get 25 years for this. But if you just accept guilt, we'll only send you to jail for 10 years." However, if you CHOOSE to defend yourself, they take away the plea deal. In effect, they punish you for not admitting your guilt. If you choose to fight the charges, they take all deals off of the table. Forget murder. Let's get more basic. You get a traffic ticket. You go in and they say "well, instead of 4 points and 200 bux, we'll lessen your punishment to 1 point and 100 bux." However, if you choose to defend yourself, you're back to the 4 points and 200 bux. Not ONLY do are you stuck with the 4 points and 200 bux, but when you decline the plea deal, you're charged with the court cost fee for the time you were in court. Then they tell you "come back in 2 weeks" and when you show up 2 weeks later, they offer you a better plea deal. Again, if you say no, they say come back in 2 weeks. Each time you come back to the court, you have to pay the court costs for each time you show up. They do this intentionally. They don't care if you're guilty or not. Their job is to make sure the court makes money. At 75 bux a day for court fees, even if you're found innocent of the traffic ticket charges, the judge will make you pay the fees. You're up to 225 bux after 3 days now. You had to pay 200 bux originally. They plead to 100 bux. Yeah you were found innocent. I hope that makes you feel better deep inside because you still owe us 225 bux.