For me, the baffling thing is... why are these people 'pleading guilty' to crimes they obviously did not commit?
You mentioned: "David Spring pleaded guilty to one count of violent disorder"
But he wasn't violent. So why did he plead guilty? Did he plead guilty?
A few scenarios in my mind are:
1) The police bluffed the shit out of him, CPS unfairly promoted a disproportionate sentence, and he caved during the interview process
2) He was bluffed during the interview process, but they painted it dishonestly as a "deal" where they lied and said he'd be facing even longer in jail
3) More scary scenarios: he didn't actually plead guilty, and the bastards falsified this pleading knowing full well they had no real crime to prosecute him with and because he's in jail he's not able to speak out the fact he was defrauded of his rights
4) Words during his interview were twisted completely out of context and used to claim he plead guilty during interview, even though he didn't
5) Forced confession, I.E. they visited violence, they threatened his family in some way
To me, the sheer numbers of people pleading guilty to crimes they did not even commit (even hardened criminals who have experience of gaming the system) is highly suspicious. I don't think these people are genuinely pleading guilty; I've never seen anything like it in my entire time of understanding the law. Who pleads guilty, en-mass, to a crime they're not even guilty of?
It appears that the UK has taken its sentencing and Punishment Playbook from the way the American government and media have treated the January 6th protesters here in America.
For me, the baffling thing is... why are these people 'pleading guilty' to crimes they obviously did not commit?
You mentioned: "David Spring pleaded guilty to one count of violent disorder"
But he wasn't violent. So why did he plead guilty? Did he plead guilty?
A few scenarios in my mind are:
1) The police bluffed the shit out of him, CPS unfairly promoted a disproportionate sentence, and he caved during the interview process
2) He was bluffed during the interview process, but they painted it dishonestly as a "deal" where they lied and said he'd be facing even longer in jail
3) More scary scenarios: he didn't actually plead guilty, and the bastards falsified this pleading knowing full well they had no real crime to prosecute him with and because he's in jail he's not able to speak out the fact he was defrauded of his rights
4) Words during his interview were twisted completely out of context and used to claim he plead guilty during interview, even though he didn't
5) Forced confession, I.E. they visited violence, they threatened his family in some way
To me, the sheer numbers of people pleading guilty to crimes they did not even commit (even hardened criminals who have experience of gaming the system) is highly suspicious. I don't think these people are genuinely pleading guilty; I've never seen anything like it in my entire time of understanding the law. Who pleads guilty, en-mass, to a crime they're not even guilty of?
Great reporting.
It appears that the UK has taken its sentencing and Punishment Playbook from the way the American government and media have treated the January 6th protesters here in America.