The Plea

Every time I think how the hell can Eddie get out of this one, there's no way. Every time I think that he always amazes me and finds a way.

This book is incredible! Another five stars because it is truly deserving. Everything was playing in my head like a TV show that I couldn't stop watching and I loved it. You start the beginning having your assumptions, thinking through things, gathering your ideas and by the end everything is not even close to what it seemed or what you thought was even possible.

Questions are finally answered that leave you satisfied, but wanting more. This is definitely my new favorite series, dare I say, of all time. That's a pretty bold statement, especially early on, but I'm sticking to it.

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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Lawyers don't usually question whether or not a client is telling truth. That way lies madness. You do what you have to and trust the system. So, the guilty plead guilty. The innocent fight their case and the jury decides. If a by-product of that process is the emergence of the truth, then so be it, but the truth is not the aim of the process. The verdict is the aim. Truth has no place in the trial because no one is concerned with finding it, least of all the lawyers or the judge.

I saw through Dell's game. It was a familiar one. It's a game the justice system plays every single day in America–because sometimes it simply doesn't matter if you're really innocent of the crime; the only smart move is to plead guilty and make a deal for a lesser sentence.

“You want me to read the new evidence and tell David that irrespective of his innocence, he will definitely be convicted and his only choice is to plead guilty and make a deal to cut his sentence.”

“Bingo,” said Dell.

Happens all the time. I've done it myself. Innocent people often don't want to take the chance of losing and doing fifteen or twenty years when they could make a deal and be out in two. It's mathematics–not justice, but that's the reality.

The Plea

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