This. and if he thinks there is any chance he'll go to prison, he'll just take off in his private jet to a private island. He has more than enough money to keep himself out of prison in every way possible.
I doubt he could get away with that.
And yet people are wrongfully convicted quite frequently. Prosecutors care more about conviction than actual justice. I am not in any way saying Diddy isn't guilty. This is more of a general statement, rather than towards this specific instance. In big public cases like this, I think prosecutors are more careful to make sure they have their ducks in a row. But on a smaller scale, the game is most often to arrest someone, charge them with the highest possible charge they "might" be able to get them on, get a bond so high that they can't get out, and hold them long enough they eventually plea to a lower charge, just to get it over with. Then the prosecutor can say they got a conviction, without every having to go to trial and prove their case. And before you say "why would anyone ever plead guilty to something they didn't do??" consider this. Most people charged with crimes (80% of defendants) have to rely on a public defender. In my state, each PD is averaging over 240 cases a year. Most PD's are taking 3x more cases than they should be able to handle. Not to mention, they have limited funding for expert testimony. Do you know how much a DNA expert costs?? So you have a defendant charged with murder for example. His bond is set at 100K cash only. Most people don't have that, and honestly, that is a very low bond for murder. It's usually closer to 500K. So they sit in jail for a couple of years, because they can't afford to bond out. They have lost their jobs, probably their homes. Their families are dealing with this hardship and the not knowing. The prosecution only turns over the portions of the discovery that are favorable to them until the last possible cut off before trial, because that is the game. They don't want you to have time to dispute it. So your PD, who doesn't know you from Adam, has no reason to actually believe that you are innocent, is like "Man, they are saying your phone pinged near the scene at this time, your car was 2 blocks away, and someone matching your description was seen leaving the area. An eye witness picked you out of a line up." A jail house snitch trying to cut a deal for himself tells them you admitted to it while you were his cellmate. They make it sound like circumstantial evidence puts you there. Then your atty says "They are offering you Manslaughter, 10 years. I think that's a pretty good deal vs 25-life for murder" You'd get the 2 years you've been in jail already credited to your sentence. And you'd probably only have to serve 7 of the 10 to be eligible for parole. Which means in 5 years, you could be out. Or, you can continue to fight it, sit in jail another year or 2, and end up convicted of 1 or 2D murder, and serve 15-20 years or more. If by chance you are found guilty, even if later the prosecutor comes back and says "my bad, we got the wrong guy" you may still never see the light of day, because the AG's office will fight tooth and nail to uphold the conviction even when the charging prosecutor is trying to get it over turned. There have been 3 cases just like this here in my state in the last 2 months. I worked in DOC for 18 years, so for the longest time I was like "They might not be guilty of this, but I'm sure they are guilty of something" But then I saw people who spent 10-15 years of their life fighting and only finally got their conviction overturned because a private attorney took his case pro bono. I watched someone I know go thru something like this (not a murder or sex offense tho), and say firsthand how the game was played, and how much it costs to pay a private atty. There is a reason attorneys preach never to speak to the police without an attorney even if you are innocent. Also, there are no protections or ways to hold a prosecutor accountable for doing unethical things. Because even if you can prove they did something wrong, they have immunity.
I know it seems far fetched but drug traffickers do it every day. There's actually no reason to trust people with that much money
this.
I agree. R. Kelly went to jail for less than what they are accusing Diddy of doing. The press conference of what he is being charged for is very disturbing!
I know, right?
I’m sure they already have his passport. But have no idea how private islands come into play with this sort of thing.I know it seems far fetched but drug traffickers do it every day. There's actually no reason to trust people with that much money
Really wow. I’ll be he is surprised. No private island.
No “Freak off” party for Diddy tonight.
There is more to this story and more people connected.
This isn't really true. A grand jury indictment only means that the prosecution presented enough evidence to get the grand jury to think there is a possibility they did the thing they are accused of. The standard is basically probable cause:
