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by marshray 4908 days ago
You won some jury trials once, good for you.

But I didn't say "jury trials are patently unfair" or even that trials in general are impossible to win.

Aaron was weighing a guaranteed felony record and 6 months in prison against 0 (if acquitted on all 13 charges) to 50 years at some unknowable probability.

Clearly the prosecutor wanted him to think that invoking his right to a trial was a "bad bet".