Yesterday 5:56 am
Most definitely...Cannonpointer » Yesterday, 11:21 pm » wrote: ↑ Oh, he's charged. With a felony. And pleading guilty. It's just that the charge and the plea are held in abeyance, contingent on the defendant jumping through multiple hoops. That is how diversion programs work.
I don't actually have a problem with the diversion program - not on its face, anyway. I feel very safe in assuming this is a first offense type thing, and he has owned up and shown contrition. He is required to make full restitution. There'll be court costs. Probation costs. Costs for the anger management classes. Costs for his attorney that hammered the deal out. There'll likely be some sort of public work cleaning cop cars or parks or something. There'll be a felony guilty plea hanging over his head, with no appeal, if he does anything stupid during the period of diversion. Part of satisfying the diversion is making full restitution in a timely manner - including whatever costs the state has piled on. That 21k in restitution is likely half of what his foolishness cost him. He is very probably not allowed to drink or smoke weed during the diversion period. There might be other restrictions on him.
He's paying a price. He's making his victims whole. He's taking ownership. We should welcome a justice system which has diversion programs for nonviolent offenses which hold people accountable while giving them an opportunity to keep their citizenship intact.
I don't think much of *** that key cars. But the quality of mercy is not strained. It should be freely given. That is the type of society I want to live in: one that uses diversions of this sort, when the crime is nonviolent. In no manner or form is he "getting away with it."
Wait - he IS white, yeah? I'm assuming he's white.
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