Justice in America

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by Reds6

The prosecutor had a choice on whether or not to charge the teen with a crime. He also stated in the article that the young man should have taken the plea and served 5 years. So I don't buy my hands were tied. Also the law has been changed but can not be made retroactive for this young man's case. I also think another issue that rises in regards to race is that their has been and still continues to be huge disparities in sentencing terms for whites and blacks convicted of the same crime.

This pisses me off -- prosecutors almost always have discretion. Five years isn't an appropriate offer in this situation -- if I were the kid's attorney, I would not have encouraged him to take such a shitty offer. That's not an offer -- it's a prosecutor being a butt (nothing new).

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

This pisses me off -- prosecutors almost always have discretion. Five years isn't an appropriate offer in this situation -- if I were the kid's attorney, I would not have encouraged him to take such a shitty offer. That's not an offer -- it's a prosecutor being a butt (nothing new).

A lot of people blame this guy for not taking the plea bargain of being classified a child molestor.

These people say that Wilson(?) could've had a say in the hand he was dealt but chose not to do so. In other words, not being able to live with his little sister pales in comparison to going to prison so he should've taken that.