I really don’t know. On one hand, people may say “they did it, I’m innocent!” but on the other, people may say yes due to enforced or attempted enforced suicide/threats.
This isn’t happening to me or anyone I know, it’s simply a question that’s been on my mind.
As in 95% of all questions about law: It depends. What country? What are the circumstances? What’s the makeup of the jury if any? Is it before or after lunch and how hungry is the judge?
I’m not being facetious, that’s the actual truth of things most of the time.
Source: practicing attorney
If you’re a practicing attorney, can you explain to me what roll the judge and jury have in charging someone with a crime? I had always thought that was done long before they game into the picture.