Trial today

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Karl F

i get ill every morning reading the court report...case dismissed, continued without a finding, one year sentence, remanded to probabtion for six months...charges filed...these are hard core drug charges, robberies, recieving stolen merch. on and on... friggin lets make a deal crap.... cops prolly quit trying, 'cause of the court antics...and the court antics blame overcrowded prisons...we as a society are in a downward spiral simialar to watching the toilet flush...and we all know where that leads..... see ya in the sewers!
but..given all that crap... ya think a fish poacher is gonna get a stiff sentence???
i doubt it.

About thirty years ago a lobster poacher/short taker was brought beforte a good friend of mine, a fair judge and a friend to all. The EPO's who presented the case told the judge that they and the defendent had an agreed upon disposition. The judge asked what that was? The EPO said the fine would be $25.00 your honor. The judge shrugged and said o.k. does the defendent have $25.00 to pay that today. The epo's spoke up and said that is $25.00 a piece judge. O.K. then what does that add up to. It was something like $4000.00 plus. And the poacher was happy he got to keep his license. Lobsterman paid the fine and walked out of court. You'd never see that in 2008. Not that this mentality applies in the R.I. SB case, but times have changed. Nothing is