CNN: Priest's guilty plea throws wrinkle into Philadelphia sexual abuse trial Attorneys in the child sexual abuse and conspiracy trial of two Philadelphia priests debated Monday
over which potential witnesses
jurors would be allowed to hear regarding a third
defendant who pleaded guilty to molesting boys just days before opening remarks.
The American criminal justice system is far from being sufficiently enlightened, starting by too many presumed - innocent people caged without bond pending sentencing, moving to Virginia's crabbed criminal discovery system, continuing to Virginia's system that allows prosecutors to scare
defendants to plead guilty by their refusal to waive a jury that in many instances and locations can mean more racist
jurors than judges on top of the
jurors often being more wild cards than judges for sentencing, continuing to the many judges who choose judicial efficiency
over a fair trial, continuing to the brutal capital punishment system, cntinuing to excessive mandatory minimum and guideline sentencing, and continuing to the slew of innocent convicted people (many of whom plead gulilty rather than risking a worse fate), and continuing to frequently excessive sentences and excessive probation violation sentences.