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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)
While this is good news, and while I hate to be the bearer of bad news, I'm willing to bet his sentence is commuted to probation. I highly doubt this guy will spend even a year in prison. Case in point, the fact that he is walking free at the moment.  |
It is possible, but I think it unlikely given the amount of public attention this case has recieved. The political consequences would be disastrous.
I fully expect the selective nature of US law to come into play if he is somehow acquitted. They'll get him on
something, one way or the other, and they'll get him fairly quickly.
My guess is that Louisiana taxpayers are already writing furious letters to every elected official with any kind of bearing or influence on this case. In that way, the system kind of works. But it isn't what people see that does the most harm. It is what they do not see. See my previous post for clarification.