Motorhome driver sentenced in fatal accident

jwmII wrote:
More Baloney. It was pled down because the prosecutor did not have adequate evidence to take a higher charge to trial. " One doesn't have to be present to to know what took place based on my 30 years as a cop". There's that police mentality again. Everybody is guilty of the worst.

Just curious about your experience inside a criminal court. We know he has 30 years experience, I have 13+ years experience. In probably close to 100% of my cases, the prosecutor will offer some type of plea deal to a defendant to avoid a trial. Trials can be long, they can be expensive. Sending a trial out to a jury is always "iffy".

The prosecutor worked out a plea deal for reckless homicide, a class D felony in Tennessee. A class D felony is punishable by a maximum of 2-12 years of jail time. This wasn't some chicken scratch charge to which the drive pled guilty... this was a serious charge with a lengthy jail term.

We don't know any caps on sentencing that were agreed to by the prosecutor and defense, but ultimately the judge is the one who decides the level of punishment. The judge could have sentenced this guy to 12 years in jail, which I think most of us agree would have been excessive.

Any "police mentality" on display here is simply knowledge of how the system works. No need to be insulting towards him about what he wrote. I'd guess he has more experience than me and you combined in a court room.

But please... do tell about all your courtroom experience and why you feel you have the right to disparage him for speaking about HIS experiences...