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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco
I’m not a fan of stacking charges. I understand the value when it comes to seeking a plea agreement (among other considerations), but I’d rather just see the most serious charge be the prosecuted charge in most cases.
I wonder how small a minority I’m putting myself in when I say that I think even the 22 years that seemed to be the initial maximum would have been too much.
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I very much dislike the idea of stacking charges and pleas and all of that. I know someone who got some charges here a while back and it's like 8 separate charges... and apparently the county is known for doing that, I'm sure because some or most get dropped with a plea. I assume in the past they would charge someone with 1 or 2 and they would get dropped into lower level misdemeanors or whatever, so now if you have 10 ****ing charges, a plea of 2 or 3 looks amazing...... and each has a huge sliding scale of severity and being able to knock time off, etc. Very flexible for the infinite number of different situations, but also seems like there are far simpler ways to deal with the vast majority.
Anyway.... I don't know the "right" answer for number of years. I can definitely see the argument for 20 years being a really damn long time, he'd get out in his 40s or whatever and his career would obviously be far, far in the rear view mirror. Going in at 20whatever and getting out at 40+.... that's a long ****ing time.
OTOH.... play stupid games, win stupid prizes.