You are supposed to plead Not Guilty and go to trial and take your chances.
Pleading guilty would result in making an allocution that you are a Mafia member, thus exposing the so called secret society. Roll the dice like many before you!
This aint the movies pal
That's the way it used to be. Maybe they should reinstate that rule to cut back on the rats!
It's one of the things allowing them to survive, Beanshooter. Without the allocution, the Feds won't give them the plea. Period. And then what? Go to trial and end up like John Gotti?
If not for the art of the plea bargain, and the new "rules," guys like Stevie and Barney would both be doing thirty right now. But instead of that, they're both free to be idolized by pinhead kids on boards like this
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All kidding aside, it's a whole new ballgame
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