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No, if that's how you read my post you should read it again. I personally believe he should have faced 3 years maximum and that sentences are way too high in th
by 13415 8y ago
No, if that's how you read my post you should read it again. I personally believe he should have faced 3 years maximum and that sentences are way too high in the US, up to 10 times higher than elsewhere, but that wasn't the point.
I was laying out reasons why the plea bargain system is principally unjust. There are many more problems with the US justice system, of course.
- tptacek 8y agoAs a technicality, he faces a 5-year maximum sentence (the sentencing judge could simply ignore the plea bargain and all the sentencing guidelines and Hutchins lack of criminal history and simply impute the maximum statutory sentence). In reality, the guideline ranges stipulated in the plea bargain put him most likely under 2 years, and possibly as few as 6 months. Even with the maximum upward departure stipulated in the agreement, Hutchins would not be looking at 3 years.