My thoughts exactly. At first I thought the judge bought his crock of shit because he sentenced him to little over half what the prosecutors asked for. But instead the judge reasoned that the sentence needed to be proportional to the sentences of others. Disappointing, but probably also appeal-proof (i.e. he might feel a higher sentence could be knocked down below 17 years on appeal). In the end I don’t think the judge gave the “curiosity” line any credence. (Would be nice if the media, instead of just uncritically repeating the felon’s cries for mercy, also laid out the evidence presented of his months of planning for violent confrontation.)
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