a prosecutor who wanted my client to plead guilty to a lesser charge though the complainant in his case was in court saying he wanted the case dismissed. she couldn't understand why the client wouldn't just plead guilty to the amended, lesser charge. i said it's b/c he's innocent and so he doesn't want to plead guilty to something he didn't do and have a conviction on his criminal history even if the conviction is for a lesser offense. plus i knew she couldn't prove her case and so the client had no incentive to plead guilty. but the fact that she was puzzled about why the client wouldn't just plead guilty made me chuckle. and it made me sad for her - that she can't understand the impact of a person pleading guilty to a criminal offense or that she didn't care.

she finally dismissed the case, of course.