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How to Plead on Criminal Cases: Guilty or Not-Guilty?

To many of us, the answer to this question is very simple: if you are not guilty you should plead Not Guilty, consequently if you are guilty you should plead Guilty. However, it�s rarely that simple. When you are accused of committing a crime regardless of what kind of criminal case you face, the best free legal advice you can get is to plea Not Guilty.

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By law, you are innocent until proven guilty. This means that even the guilty accused has a legal right to plead Not Guilty and to let the Court decide whether there is enough evidence to prove guilt against him beyond a reasonable doubt.

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One of the reasons is that the legal system is, as you probably know, not perfect. Everything in the courtroom lies on the evidence they have against you. Although there are some exceptions, this evidence must show beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual accused has in fact committed the crime he or she is charged with.

Another reason is, by pleading not guilty will eventually delay the process and force the prosecutors to come up with enough irrefutable evidence--which might not happen. There are many criminal trials where the prosecution simply can not prove its case and a person who is truly guilty is acquitted (a couple of celebrity cases comes to mind.)

On the other hand, sometimes overwhelming evidence is enough to support a conviction and a person who is truly not guilty can certainly be convicted and incarcerated for a crime he did not commit.

That is how the judicial system works. It is said that it is much better for a guilty person to be acquitted, than for an innocent person to be convicted of a crime he did not commit.

"She didn't look thirteen, your honor." Possibly a defense; it depends. "She didn't look six, your honor." Never a defense, you just need to die. (A Judge)

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