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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA man I represented is currently serving a sentence of 3-6 years in prison for stealing a jacket
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walkingman
(7,660 posts)triron
(22,020 posts)It's absurd.
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)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
(5,240 posts)onenote
(42,759 posts)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
(67,441 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I think it's adorable how many people yet believe American justice is predicated on the law.
old guy
(3,283 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(4,965 posts)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
(3,004 posts)A year each for 11 checks totaling less than $750.
triron
(22,020 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts),*Cue Law & Order sound effects*
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)That's your problem right there.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)Mrs. Weaver, my third grade teacher, told us, "In America, everyone is equal under the law."
Should I sue her for malpractice?
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)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.