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Black judge rejects plea deal for 'white boy'
Original Post Date: 6th Oct, 2010 - 5:01pm
Personally I think this judge should not be involved on this case, because of his statements. What do you guys think?
QUOTE PITTSBURGH — A black judge from western Pennsylvania rejected a plea agreement for a man accused of fighting with police during a traffic stop, saying it was "a ridiculous plea that only goes to white boys."
The plea agreement was for a sentence of three months probation. Allegheny County Judge Joseph Williams said on Tuesday that a black defendant in that situation would not have been treated as leniently.
In court, Williams told Assistant District Attorney Brian Catanzarite that he "for some reason comes up with I think ridiculous pleas whenever it's a young white guy," according to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I'm just telling you what my observation is. If this had been a black kid who did the same thing, we wouldn't be talking about three months' probation."
Catanzarite responded that he was standing in for another prosecutor and didn't broker the plea deal.
"Now that the court has essentially called me a racist, I think that's unfair. I don't make offers based on race. I make offers based on facts," Catanzarite said, according to the Tribune-Review... Source 6m
The plea agreement was for a sentence of three months probation. Allegheny County Judge Joseph Williams said on Tuesday that a black defendant in that situation would not have been treated as leniently.
In court, Williams told Assistant District Attorney Brian Catanzarite that he "for some reason comes up with I think ridiculous pleas whenever it's a young white guy," according to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I'm just telling you what my observation is. If this had been a black kid who did the same thing, we wouldn't be talking about three months' probation."
Catanzarite responded that he was standing in for another prosecutor and didn't broker the plea deal.
"Now that the court has essentially called me a racist, I think that's unfair. I don't make offers based on race. I make offers based on facts," Catanzarite said, according to the Tribune-Review... Source 6m
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Gunman gets max sentence for shooting at York officer
Original Post Date: 24th Oct, 2010 - 1:57pm
What do you think of the sentence this guy got? Please share your thoughts.
QUOTE York, PA - A York man who shot at a city police officer last year was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in state prison Friday. Kent Norris Owens, 25, was acquitted of attempted homicide at his York County trial last month but was convicted of assault on a law enforcement officer. The shooting occurred June 2, 2009, when York City Police Officer Jeremy Fultz responded to a 911 dispatch for a burglary in progress in the first block of South Penn Street. Fultz testified at trial that, as he approached the home, he saw a man in a black hooded sweatshirt lean out of a doorway and look toward King Street, away from Fultz's position. Fultz said that, when he shouted "Police," the man "snapped" his head in Fultz's direction and fired "two or three shots," holding the gun sideways… Source 6g
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