I didn't intend to imply that it wasn't a bad move. I was just trying to expound on what his mindset might have been.Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:00 pmHe screwed the people who voted for him in the process.K.Mooneyham wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:40 pmWell, I see where he's going with that. The Democrat Party always says our justice system is terrible and incarcerates too many youthful offenders. The voters in Harris County voted out Republicans and replaced them with Democrats. So, by that logic, they want youthful offenders out on the streets, so the judge was merely obliging them.The public defender said he believed the judge thought “that’s what the voters wanted.”
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- Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:40 pm
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Well, I see where he's going with that. The Democrat Party always says our justice system is terrible and incarcerates too many youthful offenders. The voters in Harris County voted out Republicans and replaced them with Democrats. So, by that logic, they want youthful offenders out on the streets, so the judge was merely obliging them.The public defender said he believed the judge thought “that’s what the voters wanted.”