A stellar student and an athlete is finally freed after 26 months in prison from a ten year sentence for getting a consensual hummer .

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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=thompson_wright&id=2900878

This is why I abhor mandatory sentences. Judges should not create laws and lawmakers should not adjudicate cases they have never heard. We have a system for applying judgment to crimes, using “judges”. Judgment in a case should be reserved for judges. Mandatory sentences undermine judges.

I hope our lawmakers learn from this fiasco. Mazel Tov to Genarlow Wilson and his attorney B.J. Bernstein. ( I think her first initials are a little ironic considering the case.)

HKO

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