you won't believe the legal maneuver Hunter Biden tried to pull and why it failed before Hunter Biden's guilty plea he aimed for an Alford plea what's that an Alfred plea lets you claim innocence while admitting the prosecution has enough evidence to convict you it's named after a 1970 Supreme Court case involving Henry Alford but prosecutors weren't having it they argued Biden wasn't innocent and shouldn't get special treatment the justice department rarely approves Alford pleas unless the case is highly unusual though Most states allow it the Alford plea is far less common than a traditional guilty plea remember the West Memphis 3 they used it to gain release while maintaining their innocence so why was Biden's plea rejected simply put prosecutors didn't buy the Innocence claim subscribe comment like and share for more this is news in a minute