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re: From Tiger Rant...Bama teabagger gets 2 year sentence

Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:13 pm to
Posted by Roger Klarvin
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:13 pm to
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When you are handed a slam dunk by stupid criminal, you throw it home.


Absolutely false. DAs throw out marginal cases all the time, even many "slam dunks", because the marginal conviction isnt worth the time and effort.

Actions of similar severity as the one in this case are are punished by probation and community service or blown off altogether everyday. There are several major reasons why this one was not, and none of them have to do with justice.
This post was edited on 11/29/12 at 2:14 pm
Posted by tigerzballzdeep
Rockwall, TX
Member since Jun 2007
3095 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:14 pm to
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There's several major reasons why this one was not, and none of them have to do with justice


I really didn't think someone could be this fricking stupid. Congrats!
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70984 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:15 pm to
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Absolutely false. DAs throw out marginal cases all the time, even many "slam dunks", because the marginal conviction isnt worth the time and effort.

Actions of similar severity as the one in this case are are punished by probation and community service or blown off altogether everyday. There are several major reasons why this one was not, and none of them have to do with justice


So the prosecutor took the case because he hates Alabama. Good for him.
Posted by therick711
South
Member since Jan 2008
25348 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:16 pm to
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Absolutely false. DAs throw out marginal cases all the time, even many "slam dunks", because the marginal conviction isnt worth the time and effort.


If you excise that portion of what I said without regard to my case specific paragraph before, I might agree with you. This wasn't a marginal case. It came gift-wrapped with the "murder weapon," if you will. Once there was video, you could go to trial, put the police officer on the stand, have him identify the original video. Play it, rest and you would get a conviction with nothing more.

There was absolutely nothing marginal about this case which is why they absolutely blew him away to the point where he agreed to two years. Come on, guy.

ETA: No action of a similar character where there is clear video evidence gets a better deal than this. Most sexual assault cases (in addition to their under reporting) are really tough to prove and involve swearing matches. That gives would be defendants leverage. Here, we have a video. Nothing else could have occurred in this case but a plea or a conviction.
This post was edited on 11/29/12 at 2:19 pm
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