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Sep 6, 2024 · The Alford plea is named after a 1970 U.S. Supreme Court case involving Henry Alford of North Carolina, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder to avoid the death penalty but still said he was innocent. The Supreme Court said there was no constitutional violation.
Sep 6, 2024 · Before his guilty plea Thursday, Hunter Biden's lawyer had proposed a plea deal that would have seen the president's son agree there is enough evidence to convict him in his criminal tax case ...
Sep 25, 2024 · Marcellus Williams, who maintained his innocence, was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday, 23 years after being convicted of the killing of Felicia “Lisha” Gayle, a former reporter for the...
6 days ago · During an appearance on Newsmax's "The Chris Salcedo Show" on Thursday, Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., and Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., criticized Zelenskyy's visit and his comments about Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance labeling him as "too radical." "I support the good people of Ukraine.
2 days ago · his lawyer, abbe lowell, telling a federal judge, right before jury selection, biden wishes to change his plea to a so-called alford plea– which allows biden to maintain innocence but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him.
Sep 6, 2024 · The Justice Department says an Alford plea is when someone “maintains his or her innocence with respect to the charge to which he or she offers to plead guilty.”
Sep 6, 2024 · Alford (1970), is a type of guilty plea where the defendant maintains their innocence but acknowledges that the prosecution has enough evidence to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Essentially, the defendant concedes that a conviction is likely, but they do not admit to the criminal act.
