It sets a really bad precedent to allow someone to not be charged for a crime the prosecutors know they comitted. Why have laws if you're not going to punish people for breaking them? And this wasn't jaywalking... the guy lied to police about one of the worst things you can lie about, all out of a desire for wealth and attention.
The entire concept of plea deals is about skipping the costs involved with a person getting their legally protected day in court.
There's Justice with a capital J, and there's the realpolitik of The Justice System.
Sometimes the two align, sometimes they don't.
Like... I don't think what he did
wasn't scummy as all hell, but the legal ramifications - not the moral or ethical ones - are really light for doing that.
e: and yeah, I fully believe the Police had built a pretty good case, so when they got him in court on some light charges, testifying under oath, they could then ambush him with bigger more serious charges like perjury, obstruction of justice, criminal conspiracy, etc and get a meatier conviction.
But the ASA couldn't be bothered to take him to court on those light weight charges.
I'm discussing Momo claiming "they" are doubkling down on his innocence; I see literally one person doing that, and the guy didn't even know the brother's confessed.
You know.. Momo's post that most of you liked and/or responded to without pointing out that people proclaiming him innocent are being shat upon on era...
Continue to REEEEEE about me pointing out you guys are sometimes full of shit though.
Breh... I literally linked to two people, today, literally claiming he's 100% innocent and its a police fit up, and the literal posts in which they are claiming that