Originally Posted by tredadda:
I don’t get why he felt Britt deserved to be let off. Terrible look by the governor, especially for someone who is a repeat offender.
LOL, you think he just organically considered this out of the blue, weighed the pros and cons from all angles and then said to himself..."you know this is a real travesty. It's my moral obligation to free this man"!
Wait a minute. He was sentenced to 3 years, he did 2 years and is on house arrest for 1? Nobody does their full sentence anymore. A lot of people get out before they even do 2/3 of their sentence. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
I'm not familiar with the nuances of this process. Do they ever release a justification for these?
Executive prerogative. It just means he has been “punished enough” via incarceration. This happened 2 years ago? So he shaved off 1 year of incarceration. Typically has a lot to do with appeals by the incarcerated individuals family for leniency. Didn’t the Chiefs also promise to take care of her medical needs in perpetuity? [Reply]
Originally Posted by stumppy:
Wait a minute. He was sentenced to 3 years, he did 2 years and is on house arrest for 1? Nobody does their full sentence anymore. A lot of people get out before they even do 2/3 of their sentence.
To be pedantic, it's more like served 1.5 years and now house arrest for 1.5 years (sentenced to 3 years in November 2022). But yes, you've got the gist correct. [Reply]
Originally Posted by crispystl:
LOL, you think he just organically considered this out of the blue, weighed the pros and cons from all angles and then said to himself..."you know this is a real travesty. It's my moral obligation to free this man"!
Yeah, that's exactly how it went down.
To be clear - this isn’t a pardon rather a commuting of his sentence to “time served” [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
To be pedantic, it's more like served 1.5 years and now house arrest for 1.5 years (sentenced to 3 years in November 2022). But yes, you've got the gist correct.