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Message: <blockquote data-quote="net" data-source="post: 131580" data-attributes="member: 200">I get paid to sit in court. Judge Judy is a TV show I can watch for free that has little or nothing to do with reality.Prosecutors remain silent as part of a plea deal. They do this so the case can be closed. It's very costly to take cases to full 12 person jury trials. In fact, if every person accused of crime did that, the local taxpayers would have to fork over huge amounts of extra money and the system would break down. It is a person's right to a trial if they so choose, and those trials take time and money. So what the prosecutors do is work out something in a plea where the defendant says he will plead to a lesser charge. In exchange for the guilty(or in this case Alford)plea, the prosecutor will recommend a lesser sentence or remain silent, which puts more weight toward the defense when the judge is weighing options.But the judge isn't stupid. He/she knows very well a deal has been struck and prosecution's silence is done to expedite the matter, not a backing down on the facts.It happens quite frequently in the cases I've been at.If you are busted(get a lawyer) but don't cave in early. Make it look like you want to take it all the way to a full trial and most of the time(short of homicide) the prosecutor will work a plea so the case can be closed.</blockquote>

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