This article is about from the operation perspective, what move a firm should take deemed accurate or at least good for the long term development.
When a person is detained in a given days and when the fruit of signing the agreement is to get you out of prison, regardless immigration consequences, people take it.
However, there is always a say, “how about not to go to the prison?”
But the time is too late. It is analogous to someone entered into a marriage and constantly doubt the marriage and then when they want to finish the marriage, they are already old enough to not to file a divorce.
Yes, the first one is always the best because when you trade the conviction order to exchange for freedom for your client the first time, you will be proud. When the firm does it too much, one day a person will just come and not take the plea and win each single case.
Obvious that person is not me but that person always shows up at law firm regularly.
There are two separate views, if start the trade to not litigate benefit the government and the firm, then the firm should do it.
Another point of view is if that mode consistently executed, may lead the court to follow certain unchanged standard led to bad outcome overall.
I remember there was a hearing and the client took the PD which now seems impossible. She waved the green sheet and I guessed she was thinking about when she can get the green card.
And the case manager told her that was not the point.
The case manager later became a pop singer.