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Why the Innocent Plead Guilty
Los Angeles Times Friday December 31, 1999
COLUMN ONE The Rampart police probe casts light on cases in which suspects admit to crimes they didn’t commit rather than risk much longer prison terms if convicted at trial.
By TED ROHRLICH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Joseph Jones had quite a choice.
He could plead guilty to selling drugs he had not sold and serve eight years in prison.
Or he could...
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