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Twin Falls, ID: This guy was driving 75 in a 35 through a residential area, rear ended a pickup stopped at a red light, pushing it out into heavy traffic where it was hit by several other cars. The pickup driver's wife died and 7 others were injured. This guy indicated that it was on purpose and he was charged with 1st degree murder. His lawyer plead it down to 2d degree murder and 7 counts of aggravated assault.

That was in 2019. Here we are in 2024 and it's still floating around in the courts. He just had another hearing where he wanted to withdraw the guilty plea, saying it was a medical problem. He's afraid that a stack of guilty pleas will send him up for life (that would be a good idea). The judge won't let him out of his plea. But, here we are, 5 years later, with a guilty plea, and he still hasn't been sentenced.
I'm not a lawyer and I don't understand the court system. This just seems absurd to me.

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Government: ‘models’ of efficiency.


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Still out walking the streets?


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Has he been locked up this whole time? he should be, it will just be time served . Right his medical problem is he’s a hood rat.

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On the outside, he's a "target of opportunity". If he's inside, he's subject to a good sized donation to a lifer's commissary account. Problem solved, either way.


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He should have been sentenced after entering his guilty plea!

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I'm pretty sure he's in jail but it would be the county jail. He can't be moved to the state pen until he's sentenced.


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Lawyers make a lot of money playing these games. Judges are complicit and willing participants IMO.


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Ought to be out with a 3rd eye in his forehead.


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Originally Posted by Hotrod_Lincoln
On the outside, he's a "target of opportunity". If he's inside, he's subject to a good sized donation to a lifer's commissary account. Problem solved, either way.


Nah, might as it should be, but it won't happen.

But in reality, nothing works quite as well as an object lesson.

Should apply to pole-cat-ticions too.

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What is his name?
Sounds like it has been appealed up to the state Supreme Court.

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Originally Posted by RiverRider
Lawyers make a lot of money playing these games. Judges are complicit and willing participants IMO.

Winner, winner! And we the taxpayers get to pay for it...



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Originally Posted by KRAKMT
What is his name?
Sounds like it has been appealed up to the state Supreme Court.
Cedric Mitchell. If it's been appealed, it happened today. I don't see anything about it yet.


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This report is certainly slanted, but raises the challenges for the case. Anytime experts are involved the length of time doubles.

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-tragic-crash-but-was-it-murder/

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The art of making simple stuff complicated.


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Has Jussie Smollett entered jail to serve his sentence for a hate crime yet? wink


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Why? Because it hasn't been milked for every possible nickel by the system yet.


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RiverRider: You are absolutely right on!
The present day "judicial system" is a self perpetuating, circle jerk of free money for lawyers, judges, counselors, public defenders and a horde of other court employees.
It is a never ending, self rewarding system, for liars, I meant lawyers!
It was by far the most sickening and horrific part of my 29 year long law enforcement career.
The monstrous and unnecessary monetary waste that is BUILT IN, and never ending, within the judicial system is simply mind boggling to those of us privy to it.
Sad and pathetic (no offense meant scumload!).
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BS piled on BS. 5 years to sentence?

How about 22+ years to execute after sentence is passed.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/19/10-facts-about-the-death-penalty-in-the-u-s/


https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/death-row/death-row-time-on-death-row

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Death-row prisoners in the U.S. typically spend more than a decade awaiting execution or court rulings overturning their death sentences. More than half of all prisoners currently sentenced to death in the U.S. have been on death row for more than 18 years.


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No worse than this one:

https://www.click2houston.com/news/...al-for-former-hpd-officer-gerald-goines/


Apparently hoping for anyone who cares to lose interest/die or the perps to die of natural causes.

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