AC and the families weigh in on any plea deals the Wagner's propose, they do not decide if a Wagner goes to trial or not.
It would be against the Constitution if defendants were denied trials by
prosecutors and victims.
No one can force a defendant to take a plea instead of going to trial if he wants his trial.
If I was indicted and wanted my trial no one could take that right away from me.
It is George's Constitutional right to have a trial by jury.
If instead he wants to plea then that's when Canepa and the families accept or not accept his plea.
The Sixth Amendment
guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you.
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