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Lori Loughlin and her husband want to face trial in the nationwide college admissions scandal because they believe it is their best chance for redemption, according to a report.

“Lori feels like so much damage has been done publicly that the only way for her to counter it is to fight this case in court,” a source told People magazine about the 54-year-old “Full House” star.

“She feels like once all the evidence is presented, that people will understand how things happened,” the source added.

Loughlin, 54, and her fashion designer hubby, Mossimo Giannulli, 55, are facing wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges for allegedly paying crooked college prep expert William “Rick” Singer $500,000 to help get daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose into the University of Southern California.

Attorneys for the couple — who have previously turned down a plea deal — entered formal pleas of not guilty to wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy in court Monday.

If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison for each charge.

“She doesn’t want to spend time in jail,” the source told the mag, “but she knows that any sort of plea or conviction at this point will include jail time. Her only chance of avoiding jail is to go to court and be found not guilty.”

Singer gained the girls’ admission by bribing coaches at the school to name them as bogus crew recruits, according to prosecutors — but the couple’s lawyers are arguing they had no clue what Singer was up to, according to sources.

They claim Loughlin and Giannulli weren’t trying to break the law — just trying to get their scions into the college by paying Singer as a “facilitator.”

The source maintains that they believe the evidence will ultimately exonerate them.

“Everyone has seen snippets of the evidence, but there’s a lot more out there,” the source said. “When you look at it in context, you can argue that this is a woman who didn’t understand exactly what she was doing — and she was being counseled and guided by a man who this was his area of expertise. When the evidence comes out, she’ll have a case to make.”

The source added: “At this point, if she pleads guilty, she feels like the mitigating evidence will never see the light of day.”