Nicole Ritchie - Let’s Talk Plea Bargaining
TMZ.COM is reporting that Nicole Ritchie is on her way to Canada with fiance Joel Madden (who has a gig in Calgary with his band Good Charlotte) although her DUI trial was set to start this morning. How can she just leave the country on trial day? Didn’t Paris Hilton get in trouble for just being a few minutes late to her hearing?
Well, the story is that the DA offered up a plea bargain, and Nicole’s lawyers are working on her behalf, finalizing the deal. Maybe the reported documentation that Nicole Ritchie had at the ready, on the unreliability of the drug testing performed on her, was a deal maker?
You’ve seen plea bargains on TV; Law & Order has them all the time. So, if you’re in the hoosegow and the word “plea” comes up, what should you do? What is plea bargaining, exactly?
