Yeah I know antecedents are important but....ouch I did NOT know the "guidelines" in sentenceing for "placing bodily fluids on a government employee". Hell you can get life for that?Originally posted by JPaul@21 October 2003 - 20:07
So we now have the context of a convicted rapist and burglar. Who was also a wife beater and assaulted the Police Officers by spitting at them and biting one of them.
I suspect that may be the reason for the "harsh" sentence. Like I said earlier, it looks like the Judge has thought, enough.
Antecedents are important in sentencing.
If there wasn't the 4 years to life sentencing in the guidelines he could not get THAT sentence for THAT crime.
As I said antecedents do not take precedent over established sentencing guidelines. Antecedents are the guide for minimum and maximum sentencing.
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