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February 11, 2008
Posted: 05:11 PM ET
NEW YORK: Upset that the jury never got to pass judgment on Darren Mack? Well, don’t be because the truth is most criminal cases plead out like this one. 
Jami Floyd has the Last Word about Darren Mack.
 That’s right. Ninety percent of cases never get to trial. In Nevada, that number is 97 percent. Think about it. That’s the way it has to be. The system would grind to a halt if every case went to verdict. So we deal them out, case after sorry case. Sure, it’s not as common for a case to plead out after the trial gets started. But it’s not unheard of, either. It’s not such a bad thing. So don’t curse the system. Don’t criticize the judge. Don’t condemn the lawyers for taking the deal. Or making it. Because the result is the same: A guilty plea ends with a conviction no different from one a jury hands down. And that’s precisely why Mack should not want to withdraw his plea. My advice, Darren, leave it alone, because the case was going to end the same way — with “Mack the Knife” guilty as charged. And that is the Last Word. – Jami Floyd, In Session anchor Filed under: Darren Mack • Jami Floyd • Last Word |
 
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