While the state asked for a nine-and-a-half year sentence, the judge handed Horcasitas a 10-and-a-half year sentence after being so moved by the video, Pelkey’s family said, noting the judge even referred to the video in his statement.
It has about as much evidentiary value as a ouija board, but since the victim was a veteran and involved with a church and the judge likes those things we can ignore pesky little things like standards of proof and prejudice
Why would a judge allow this? It’s like showing the jury a made-for-TV movie based on the trial they’re hearing.
Not only did he allow it,
It has about as much evidentiary value as a ouija board, but since the victim was a veteran and involved with a church and the judge likes those things we can ignore pesky little things like standards of proof and prejudice
Fucking yikes that judge needs to be removed
Twist: the judge used AI to write his sentencing statement. It’s chat bots all the way down.
A horror story in two sentences.
Dont listen to him, he’s an AI bot. Listen to me instead.
I’ll take ten AI simps over one MAGA ally judge.
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Seems like grounds for a mistrial…
On the other hand I do like that some road rage dipshit got a long sentence
Jury duty would be a lot more fun if trials were narrated by the Unsolved Mysteries guy
The trial was already over. This was for the sentencing.
So the original comment is just dumb because they couldn’t be bothered to read the article, but upvotes it gets.