Zorros
Ultimate Member
Appointed by hogan : Middleton, schiffer ( a balto co prosecutor),
Nugent, dorsey. Judges can’t comment on any program or system becaus eit will destroy their impariality for new cases.
I will tell you that i personsllynxwmined the cases that davis and then hogsn cited to stand for the proposition that “ the judges were releasing criminals or they were getting out early, or they were getting light sentances” ( which hogan repeated in the press). 90percent of the cases davis used ( he had to give his data to the media and i got it) were plea bargains...deals between def counsel and states atty. these deals are brought to the bench for a plea. The judge can turn them down, but the judge knows little of the case and relies that the states atty is recommending the best disposition possible. Many, many times the reason for the plea is because the state can’t prove its case. Witnesses recan or will not testify ( or they are killed before trial), police issues ( the gun recovery squad arrests, credibility in the city) wtc. So they shoot for what they can get and put the defendant under supervision so if he violates probation his full sentance is invoked. Much is not as simple as it might appear.
