A Quote by Guy Standing

Many low-income people in the U.S.A. charged with a crime opt to plead guilty to a lesser offence because they cannot afford to go to trial.

Guy Standing

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Guy Standing
English - Actor
September 1, 1873 - February 24, 1937

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