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 (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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