You said he could have extended her sentence, because of the sheriff releasing her, and I said it would be unconstitutional. I didn't say the judge did it. I'm not being daft. Your changing what was said.
Actually, I wasn't the one that said he could have extended her sentence. But, guess what? He could have. Technically she was in violation of her parole when she left the jail, regardless of whether the Sheriff released her or not. It's not unconstitutional for the judge to amend her sentence and add time to it as a result if he wanted to (though it would probably get thrown out on appeal, more than likely). But he didn't do that. He just reinstated the full term of her original sentence, taking away the commuting of days.
wtf? your backtracking now. You said that no one size sentence or punishement fits for any given crime. There is a reason judges are have so much room for sentencing, and it's because the circumstances are different each time, for even the same crime.
You brought up the circumstances, and now you say circumstances are irrelevant?
What the hell are you even talking about, here?
There's not a sliding scale for HOW drunk you are when you get a DWI. If you get a DWI, you get a DWI. Yes, they'll note in your record your blood alcohol level at the time of arrest, but it doesn't make it any lesser of a charge. You're the one who keeps arguing that the judge gave her way more time on her sentence than he should have, citing that other people have done the same thing as Paris and not gotten as much time. It's simply been pointed out (times infinity) that the judge has discretion here, and is regulated only by the minimum and maximum sentence guidelines. I'm saying the same thing I've always been saying, here. Perhaps you're just now beginning to understand my point.
the law varies from one state to the next.
The decision on sentencing and what amount of time an inmate will serve lies with the courts. Not the law enforcement agencies. Courts decide on how the laws will be upheld and enforced. The police and Sheriff's departments enforce the laws as ordered by the courts. It's the same in every state in that regard.
You stated the opposite. See above.
Now you are being daft. I did not state there is a one size fits all punishment for any given crime. I said there are minimum and maximum guidelines that the judge has full discretion to sentence within. It could range from a completely commuted sentence with no time served to a maximum time served with no chance of early release. There is a difference between the two. Don't be dense.
oh well. she is getting a sentence that is several times harsher than what it would have been if she was some nobody we never heard of. The fact that people had the legal authority to do it, doesn't change that fact, and it doesn't make it right.
Are you serious? I even gave you an example of someone who got an even harsher sentence than her for a lesser crime, and he's a nobody as far as the general public is concerned. I think you're going out of your way to try and find some sort of special mistreatment by the legal system of Paris that's just not there. She committed a crime, violated her parole TWICE and showed outward contempt for the judge over and over again. She's lucky she didn't get more time than she has.
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