Ohio Supreme Court justice, crime victim advocates want charges in pleas to be based in facts

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael P. Donnelly has documented more than 600 court cases where a defendant pleaded guilty to a lesser crime that didn’t match up with the original charge. Donnelly calls these “factually baseless pleas” and he has recorded this happening specifically in Cuyahoga and Hamilton County courts... read full story

"I'm against allowing factually baseless pleas where there's no facts to support it,"