Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Since he is guilty as he has stated...why do attys interfere with that plea? No need for paperwork guys, wth, let him plead guilty! What evidence do they need to review? AS can tell them whatever they need to know. Enough already.
HE DID IT
Since he is guilty as he has stated...why do attys interfere with that plea? No need for paperwork guys, wth, let him plead guilty! What evidence do they need to review? AS can tell them whatever they need to know. Enough already.
HE DID IT
Well it's him who decided not to plead guilty today and to ask for a delay. Whatever defense attorneys do, they're representing the defendant, so it's just as if the defendant themself is doing it. The attorneys are just acting on his wishes. :twocents:
The bolded part is the key here. He has already admitted to kidnapping, murder, dismemberment. IMO, if he did not sexually assault the girl, he will not back down on this charge. Period. I don't think he would deny the child *advertiser censored* charge, but I don't think he will accept blame for anything he did not do.http://kdvr.com/2013/03/12/siggs-guilty-plea-may-hinge-on-sexual-assault-charges/
"Though investigators say Sigg confessed to strangling Ridgeway to death and then dismembering her body, he has vehemently denied sexually assaulting the girl."
I'm guessing the prosecution hasn't agreed to drop the sexual assault & child *advertiser censored* charges. :moo:
My two cents here, a perpetrator can confess to the crime (or aspects to the crime, example "I know I did it but I don't know the details") and have every intention of pleading guilty, and be talked out of it by their own attorney. I had the misfortune to be in a situation recently where my children were abused and their abuser had the excuse that he "didn't remember the details" but he knew he had committed the crime. He turned himself into the police and confessed that he had abused them, and wasn't even arrested until a month later. We were dragged through much of the court process, the pretrial conferences, etc, before he was finally "allowed" to take the plea deal that had been on the table the whole time. (It was stated that he took the plea "against attorney's advice") So, hopefully that gives some insight into why this case is still dragging on even though he confessed. As it was explained to me, they don't want a situation where a person gives a weak or partial confession and then enters a guilty plea, because that can be an issue years down the line if they decide to appeal.
Off topic a bit, in my case I live in a state that does have Jessica's law, and my children's abuser won't be eligible for parole for 25 years. However, due to the way the system works and the limited resources available, he won't actually receive any type of counseling or treatment for at least 20 years. I really have to wonder what the effectiveness is of that, other than just guaranteeing me 25 years of not having to wonder if he's hurting anyone else, followed by a lifetime of wondering how much worse, and angrier the person has gotten in the 25 years they spent locked away without counseling.