results with that when they have chosen to bring cases, for example, historically racial violence has gone unpunished. they haven t brought police shooting murder cases, so they have a huge amount of discretion so that s why i m putting it on the prosecutors here which is if they knew that that would be mandatory minimum laws that this could result in a sentence of over a century they should have weighed that in considering what kind of plea bargain offer or what kind of charges to bring, so it s not as though they are being blind-sided by this and their discretion is really unfettered. it s interesting insight into that. millions of people have signed an online petition asking the colorado governor to reduce the sentence or even grant clemency here. i want you to listen to what one of the brothers of one of the victims said about that last week. he should stay out of it honestly until the court proceedings have been done. we were told the day of
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the defense does not have contrary to what they think, the defense is not unlimited. the prosecution s got the unlimited budget. the prosecute can charge you to death in any case. they need to ex ersize their discretion and say those little boys are not the victim here of marissa alexander. the little boys are the victims of angela corey for this grocery overcharging, asking for she says, well, i offered three years state prison in this case. really? that s a good offer? bruce, there was a plea bargain offer to your client and she declineded that, correct? what was the thinking then? well, that s correct. and just getting back to the brain-dead comment from earlier, i was not the trial attorney. and i was also not the plea attorney before the trial. my understanding is there was a plea offer. she rejected the plea offer and exercised her right to trial. but the plea offer was three years prison, right? yeah. well, yeah. and again, is that really an
contrary to what they think, the defense is not unlimited. the prosecution s got the unlimited budget. the prosecute can charge you to death in any case. they need to ex ersize their discretion and say those little boys are not the victim here of marissa alexander. the little boys are the victims of angela corey for this grocery overcharging, asking for she says, well, i offered three years state prison in this case. really? that s a good offer? bruce, there was a plea bargain offer to your client and she declineded that, correct? what was the thinking then? well, that s correct. and just getting back to the brain-dead comment from earlier, i was not the trial attorney. and i was also not the plea attorney before the trial. my understanding is there was a plea offer. she rejected the plea offer and exercised her right to trial. but the plea offer was three years prison, right? yeah. well, yeah. and again, is that really an offer?