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3 Reasons to Be Careful About Admitting Guilt When Entering a Pretrial Diversion Program

By Ron Chapman

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On July 12, 2008, I wrote an article on this website entitled "How to Get a Criminal Charge Dropped" in which I discussed Florida's pretrial intervention programs [PTI] that are authorized by Florida statutes sections 948.08 and 948.16. In that article, I stated that "[s]uccessfully completing a PTI program is one way of getting a criminal charge dropped without having to go through the stress of a trial." While that is undoubtedly true, one prerequisite for entering a pretrial diversion program in Florida frequently includes admitting in writing that one is guilty of the charge that one is accused of committing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).

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