Plead-or-Max Simulator
Choose an offence to see the structural choice forced on every accused person: plead guilty for half-off, or fight from a prison cell. Statutory maxima are from the Thai Criminal Code; the §78 reduction is the law itself; the system-wide pretrial figure is from the World Prison Brief.
Choose an offence
Categories use the simplest, non-aggravated form. The statute reference below is the exact charge.
Two outcomes, same offence
Maximum statutory sentence vs. the same sentence after the §78 confession discount. The gap between them is the price of contesting the case.
The structural choice: wait on remand fighting for a chance at acquittal — or plead guilty for 7.5 years and walk faster. Innocence is not the deciding factor.
Risk of fighting your case
Composite score weighing the statutory ceiling, expected remand time, bail availability, and the WJP criminal-justice score.
Higher scores mean the structural cost of asserting innocence — months on remand, statutory exposure, low odds of acquittal — outweighs the discounted plea. Even an innocent defendant rationally pleads.