First let me preface that I think Gene Snow should of never been offered a plea bargain to begin with. So who do I blame for that, the Prosecutors for allowing a plea bargain. After watching that tape, my thought (and I am going to get flamed for this) is that the Judge Wilson should have accepted the decision of the Prosecutors and the visiting judge. Should she be happy with their decision, HELL NO, but she should have to accept it. Hell, the Prosecutors told Judge Wilson they were happy. She then should of sent letters to the visiting Judge and the DA informing them of her disappointment in the handling of the case.
Are we saying that any defendant that appears before a visiting judge in a court of law has to now be worried that the regular judge may drag your ass back to court because they weren't happy with the outcome. Stop and think about it. What if you were the defendant?
I will say again, Gene Snow should have never been offered the plea bargain. Can you really blame him for accepting what was offered? Snow went through the judicial process and it's a slap in the face to all of us that the prosecution and judge allowed the outcome.
I remember a case here in Houston where a white HPD officer shot and killed his neighbor who was a black man. He ended up getting arrested and going to trial and the jurors handed down a sentence that didn't quite set with the black community. So, Quanell X shows up with all his cronies and protest in front of this cops house like it was his fault for getting such a light sentence (probation, I think). Hell, they should of been protesting in front of the jurors house for letting him off so light.
Just another way of looking at it. Of course, I usually look at things a little different, but that is just the way I am.
