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How do we know this? Why would we assume that the prosecutor would have gone to the trouble of digging that deep over a misdemeanor graffiti charge?

• jbooth 13y ago
  The prosecutor recommended the standard dismissal before noticing the sticky attached to his/her file that presumably said something like "troublemaking asshole - smash this guy".
  • angersock 13y ago
    Mockery of justice, that. Enough to make one doubt the legitimacy of any verdict, much less that particular one.
• stefantalpalaru 13y ago
  > The district attorney’s office, responsible for prosecuting offenders, asked the judge to dismiss my case with three days of community service. This is standard practice for first-time, nonviolent misdemeanor offenders. The judge read through the paperwork and agreed, though he raised the number of community service days to five. > I accepted the sentence and the clerk began reading it into the record. > “Your honor, wait!” the assistant state attorney interrupted. Startled by the outburst, the judge looked up and scowled as the attorney read something written on her file. She blushed and continued, “I’m sorry, I have to withdraw my offer.” As the judge shook his head and set a date to return, I felt an odd pang of empathy for her. Once, as a rookie prosecutor, a judge had humiliated me in open court for being evasive about a file that had an ominous yellow “do not dismiss” sticky note on it.
• moocowduckquack 13y ago
  I dunno, maybe because we read the article?