Ontopic Poo-litical Thrad

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When a jackass gets charged and convicted of drunk driving, there are sentencing guidelines. The judge uses those as a guide, and they aren’t able to go outside the lines. I’m no expert on that, I’ve only been in court probably less than 40 times and talked to a dozen or so attorneys, and a few of those times sentencing guidelines were part of the conversation.

I’ve also been in the presence of folks who were hoping for a judge to give them extra time above the guideline so they were eligible to go to a different facility, and the judge declined every time.

It sounds like sentencing guidelines are a new thing for most people, and right wing radio personalities have no comprehension how they work, why they exist, or how the law works.
 
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