Legally Unfiltered: Trial Tax - Do you REALLY want to go to trial?
b'Defendants often face the possibility of stiffer penalties at trial than they would if they were to plead guilty. The Sixth Amendment grants everyone the right to a trial but if exercising that right becomes so risky that defendants don\'t want to try their cases, are they being denied this right all together? Or are they just being coerced into an agreement with "good" plea offers? \\n\\nIn this episode of Legally Unfiltered, Attorneys Franz N. Borghardt and Richard Sprinkle explore the reality of criminal prosecutions and discuss the fact that defendants take plea agreements for numerous reasons, even when they are truly not guilty. But are they taking those plea deals for the right reasons? Or are they just being led to plead based on the possibility that they could face a much worse sentence if they exercised their right to trial and lost? What makes someone take a guilty plea when they know they are innocent? Find out in this episode of Legally Unfiltered.'