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Just Pleading Guilty

Mark Bennett | November 29, 2007

Shawn Matlock, who’s growing up quite nicely, writes about trust (a topic dear to my heart) and his distaste for potential clients who “just want to do a quick plea.”
I get such potential clients in the office now and then. When they tell me they want to “just plead guilty and take probation”, I tell [...]