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[IntentionalPun]

And to me that's a fundamental problem. Maybe some wiggle room in sentencing but when I say wiggle room I mean 15-20%. Not one dude gets a 26-year sentence and the other gets treatment program. (and these guys both had long records). Give people treatment if they need it in prison not instead of it, and give em a chance with more treatment when their sentence is up.

Yeah from the police on up to judges and jury's there is an enormous amount of opinion going in to the entire process... among other things.

It's a huge game for most of these people, and even your "defense" may not really be on your side. The defense attorneys spend their career working across the aisle from the same set of prosecutors and judges, and they have multiple cases they are arguing behind the scenes for deals on. Imagine how that can go... you are just one of the many cards on the table and any "deal" that might be made on your behalf is not treated in isolation, it is weighed against the other deals/favors/whatever all the people involved have made recently. Good luck to you if your lawyer has recently pissed off a judge or prosecutors.

The end result is a massive variation on how individuals have been treated.

(I still think attacking a judge is a specific circumstance that should add a penalty, but certainly not a massive one)

 

[poppabk]

People who think actions shouldn't have consequences, also known as a lunatic.

But Clarence Thomas's actions didn't have consequences?

 

[Days like these...]

Like I said, serious abuse of power. Is a judge more valuable than a regular person? If yes, how much more valuable? To be frank, I don't think this individual gets a year in prison if this attack was committed on a regular civilian so is a judge 26x more valuable than a private civilian?


Haha, you spent all that time and this is the best you could come up with? You're a big coward lol, beating around the bush like the quack you are.. Instead of you to say what you want to say, you instead skirt around like coward lol. Also for the record, I never once suggested that there shouldn't be consequences. I just questioned the severity of the consequence but, you'd have to be literate to understand....

You're missing the point this guy is clearly dangerous to society. If he is willing to do that in court to a judge. You think he'd have any sort of restraint out in the world among your average person?