Bryan Brooks was charged with first-degree assault after a 2011 barroom brawl in New York City, which left another man with cuts to his face requiring stitches and staples, according to Above the Law.
In an insightful interview with Above the Law's David Lat, Brooks revealed all that's wrong with the American criminal justice system:
- Many people, especially minorities, cannot afford the "robust defense" his fellow Columbia Law-educated attorney provided Brooks with — he says he ran up a six-figure bill.
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Why they have the alford plea .the state has planted enough or twisted the tale enough to make innocent john doe guilty.john who knows he's screwed pleads out to avoid an excessive :incarceration. Better for probation and a little fines and or short jail sentence then to gamble with the corrupt courts.if the state wants or says your guilty .....then your screwed
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