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‘You Woke Up A Beast’: Logan Federico’s Father Confronts Congress Over Repeat-Offender Failures
Stephen Federico: “I will fight until my last breath for my daughter.”
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5th Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson was busy ensuring that the elderly business owner who shot an armed up-and-coming thug and replacement for Alexander Devonte Dickey stays behind bars. Gipson had priorities, you know!
The old Asian businessman must remain behind bars at all costs. Dickey was not a priority for him or Leon.
This is an interesting article. You keep labelling the judicial system as “broken.” But your article says the primary reason this man was not in prison was record-keeping by law enforcement and plea bargaining by the prosecution. So that would be the executive branch right? The one you and the DOGE guy want to give exponentially more power to?
Given that all plea bargains have to be accepted by a judge, consistently lenient plea bargains that allowed the criminal to remain free also reflect a failure of the judicial system. Judges have the power to question the state on the facts, prior criminal history of the defendant, and why the deal is what it is and reject it. They failed to exercise their power appropriately, and this failure has become routine. Guess you don’t know anything about the justice system outside the fact solicitors are technically part of the executive branch under lankford. See the big picture next time and you won’t sound so stupid
Sorry for sounding stupid, anonymous commenter, and I appreciate you calling me out. I always appreciate some help understanding the justice system.
So, judges have supervisory authority over prosecutorial decisions. I don’t think I knew that. And I suppose it works both ways? If a solicitor is being too harsh the judge can also force them to offer a fair deal? I guess if solicitors are subservient to judges, you are right, they are not really part of the executive branch.
Shouldn’t the buck stop with the AG of the state?
Jen, thanks for the informative article. The real issue in this matter was the former Judge Bentley Douglas Price. True wisdom comes when you call a situation by its rightful name which in this matter is Bentley Douglas Price.
As a father of two daughters, one of whom is applying to the College of Charleston, I am ripped, angry and scared. That said, the 411 day sentence from April ’22 was not signed by anyone named “Price.” It looks like “Miller” to me.
OK SC legislators it has taken national news coverage to air out your broken and corrupted JMSC process of picking the judges in SC many of whom your own lawyer/legislators will see in court and gain a favorable verdict. If that isn’t broken and corrupted, nothing is. DO SOMETHING.
Corrupt system, corrupt judges picked by corrupt lawyer/legislators. This is sadly becoming too common.