03-02-2017, 12:22 AM
(03-01-2017, 02:13 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: I'd wager it has a lot to do with Dylan Roof.
I see it all the time here in Danbury, CT, the closest courthouse to Newtown and Sandy Hook. If someone comes in on gun charges, they're screwed nowadays.
My initial reaction was similar. I'm not a big proponent of incarceration to begin with, but the sentences seem heavy.
I'd wager you're right, which is wrong. Much like the egregious errors of Marylin Mosby, an officer of the court should make decisions based on the law, not public sentiment or appeals to emotion. Bench officers are as human as everyone else, but their training and professionalism should preclude them from making judgments based on personal feelings or public sentiment. One need look no farther than Mosby to see the dangers of relinquishing ethics and professionalism for the easy, yet short term, appeal to outrage. In a metaphorical sense her actions are no different than the LEO who tunes up the drunk driver, they both allow emotion to override their professional conduct and I don't know which is worse.
