European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Str dwt try Otto limits in including Taa guilty Annible a Hub Berlman charge Iriemi l virtually use plea Baj Eoma admit7 it and the process Sigild strides some understanding o what ise oing fieldwork con ducted  Clarkel Black Iowa Atac Ber Sari Ohio and new Orleans Kepi the defend Danta and us Public a Beltar understanding of the the 11month study of plea bargaining was conducted by the test flute of criminal Lut Topian edition Ohio lev Uia John uhf Cubr Annm it l i with amid in Png fim m in Otmer Tim it Enow i m of it  i of eur Nyimi Tow in my run War cwt ring urn Wolm Imbu Utti Dan Iii Lui Lupin aunt Otto Panait of i us Mihuta Wirt Lemml ill Law Mai win Anttn Moui Mil to Sun my pouted n o41w Dmn Ludl trim Krte Ort my cd Iphi Mohi Tler in do Nuudi Alt no at Tow to tin   Htut to j my or Slu Takt a i Xref up i Piti my Mill nil of claim my Maiuu Polkki hw1  he Clr vog Muli but cry Miia or a Mii  my Jar la gown dv4v of Vuc cd w turn uni air it Eaton contest lax in Exchange a de Palm est Artimise not to seek indictments on More serious corrupt too Illic Deal bras struck after hmm the report said the Public often perceives plea bargaining As allowing defendants to escape the punishment they but this int always the popular belief that defendants Are a break or less than they deserve or a Deal u hot always the report in some defendants May be Lieve they arc getting a bargain and Are encouraged in thai belief by their attorneys who May or May not know otherwise report noted thai some state and local governments have opened up the plea bargaining process and said Many others should do some prosecutors will refuse Load it they engage in bargaining and persist in calling a something in Hamilton for approximately s per Cem of All convictions Are by guilty but the chief prosecutor stated flatly that Iio plea bargaining at air occurred in the Juristic he found no inconsistency in saying thai prosecutors do make sentence recommendations in Exchange for guilty the report the project Herbert argued thai plea negotiations should be made 1 fee a lot of things go on in the Back room thai would not go on in the he a judge May pressure someone to plead guilty in a Back but in the open he be cause the plea to be one reason the Public is distrustful of plea bargaining is because the Public does not know what is going on behind those closed bringing plea bargaining into the open would no least give the Public go Mac d a what i am writing about is the army current was initiated to assist the drug and alcohol commonly referred to As the Community drug and alcohol assistance Center Center was probably a Good idea when u first and still is to a certain very few people go there with the intention of constructive i would estimate there for the express purpose of being cleared a drug or alcohol rehabilitation fail they talk with a Counselor at cd Mac and at their unit once a week and Tell that 1 smoke hash and in not going to quit or 1 but in not to Cut Down on my Long that they figure will insure them declared a they pretty soon their commander will Call the Guy in and Tell Holni going to get a chapter 16 discharge that just what the Man wanted to now to knows hell be out of the army within four or five have an honorable discharge and receive full and for what because he succeeded in his Doper Oral late Art dont get me there Are undoubtedly people who do have a legitimate prob Lem and go to cd Mac for but As a Legal cleric Tor a Lank battalion 1 have seen but me out of it cases in the past 10 months which might have fit thai de scrip except Lor the fact that two months later he decided he wanted out and subsequently 1 am single and therefore live in the Bil 1 have know Nall of the people who have been discharged under chapter 16 since i arrived Here last september All of them have used cd Mac and this discharge As a tool just to get out of service with an honorable thais Fine with me but should i and every other taxpayer have to fool the Bill give the Guy an honorable discharge and Boot him of the but give him any i Only have three years but what about All the people who have served any where from four to m years when they get out or retire they flu receive the same except retirees who get a Little As the Doper or Alwe but served honorable and faithfully the whole peace of mind for doing your duty does not compensate for the unfairness and injustice of the present chapter to pro Cess to these soldiers and another Point i might mention is that with the army budget being so High and with All the it the department of the army just quit giving away the Bene fits to these leeches it would allow the extra Money to be spent in a More meaningful Way and to the betterment of All army communities Here in Usa Reuh and if the rates from battalion Are comparable what the savings would t just feel that the present system should be scrutinized very 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