A man I represented is currently serving a sentence of 3-6 years in prison for stealing a jacket

[dajoki]

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[walkingman]

1. Welcome to America's criminal injustice system. It is all about influence and $$$ - not new.

[triron]

2. Another glaring inequity.

It's absurd.

[SCantiGOP]

3. Probably BS

How many priors did the guy have?
Did he forcibly take it from someone (perhaps in a robbery) or shoplift it?


Sentences are rarely as long as the prosecution recommends. She gave him about half of what the original rec asked for.

[AJT]

10. I agree, there needs to be context.

[onenote]

12. I too would like some context. Simple felony theft usually has a substantially price threshold

And even first time offenders in simple felony theft cases often get probation.

How much was the jacket valued at? What were the circumstances of the theft? What was the perpetrator's past record?

All things that typically would be taken into consideration in sentencing.

[msongs]

4. maybe the jacket guy shoulda picked a better attorney nt

[LanternWaste]

5. $3.7 million worth of a better attorney.

I think it's adorable how many people yet believe American justice is predicated on the law.

[old guy]

6. Adorable! I love it.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

7. Maybe the jacket guy had to have a public defender.

Maybe the jacket guy got screwed because our legal system is designed to protect the wealthy and not the poor.

But, yeah, let's blame jacket guy.

[Ponietz]

8. I had a PD client get 11 years for worthless checks

A year each for 11 checks totaling less than $750.

[triron]

14. Thanks for posting.

[Initech]

9. In the criminal justice system, laws do not apply to extremely wealthy conservative white men.

,*Cue Law & Order sound effects*

[gratuitous]

11. Did the client threaten witnesses and the judge?

That's your problem right there.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Maybe threatening to kill a witness's dog gets a reduction in sentence.

[rockfordfile]

15. Yeah they let Stone off light

[tclambert]

16. Are you suggesting old rich white guys get preferential treatment?

Mrs. Weaver, my third grade teacher, told us, "In America, everyone is equal under the law."

Should I sue her for malpractice?

[Ilsa]

17. I just watched this week's (fictional) FBI episode and

the story was about a man who kidnapped a billionaire's teenage daughter because the police would not investigate the disappearance of his teen daughter. He had been trying for yhree weeks.

The billionaire had called the assistant director of the FBI to make certain they investigated, and got action after 45 minutes after her abduction.

I know it's fiction, but it seems pretty realistic.