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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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PROBATION?????
seriously, what is with our judicial system? probation for turning on an oven while your child is in it? jesus.
Re: PROBATION?????
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You have got to be kidding me! Especially because this is an obvious repeat offender. That judge needs to take a hike.
"Chatman's sentence was the result of a plea agreement intended to keep the boy off of the witness stand." Direct quote - last sentence of the article.
Some people shouldn't even be offered a plea agreement.
Minnesota has sentencing guidelines. The judge's hands were likely tied by the presumptive sentence provided for in the guidelines. A judge cannot just give whatever sentence he or she would like to give to a defendant. Any departure has to be justified by mitigating or aggravating factors that must be found by a jury, unless the defendant waives the jury. And the mitigating or aggravating are relatively narrow and have a bunch of limitations.
Well said.
I agree with the others that this seems like a slap on the wrist, but blaming the judge and calling for his removal from the bench isn't really justified here.
I agree. It sucks, but the Guidelines must be followed. I'm guessing that the prosecutor also didn't want to traumatize the boy any further by having to involve him in a trial.