Judge admits he made mistake in sentencing Misty Roberts, who faced up to 17 years in prison after conviction

The former Louisiana mayor Misty Roberts has completed the 90-day jail sentence she received for raping a 16-year-old boy while still in elected office and been released from custody, according to state corrections records.

The 44-year-old finished her jail term on what was the Labor Day holiday in the US, one week after the judge who presided over her case rejected a request from prosecutors to force her to serve a harsher sentence.

Judge Kent Savoie nonetheless acknowledged in court he was mistaken to have based Roberts’ sentence off of a list of more than 30 cases that were resolved through plea deals, unlike her prosecution, which culminated in a jury trial and guilty verdict, the Louisiana news station KPLC reported.

“I asked someone to get me a list of cases similar,” Savoie was quoted as saying on 31 August. “I made an assumption, and that assumption was wrong.

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[–] -3 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Everyone makes mistakes. Firing someone for making one is how you end up with a system full of judges with no more than 5-10 years experience and making more mistakes because you start to run out of qualified people and need to start picking at the bottom of the barrel when looking to fill the vacant seats that need to be constantly replaced.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    how about we create a state where the monopoly on violence is run by people who do not make fucking mistakes.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    People who do not make mistakes do not exist.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    then i reckon the state should not have a monopoly on violence then huh? ;)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    A free for all on violence is too Mad Max for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    who said anything about a free for all?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Oligopoly? You seem excited to get violence out of the state and into the hands of each person

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    i “violence” as much as i want. which is to say none. like most people, i imagine. a atate will violence for profit and control, always, and make mistakes all along the way. you seem to be ok with this, and the way the boot tastes?

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