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Gardner takes plea deal, gets probation
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The plea deal? Do you understand that a judge is bound to honor that defense-prosecutive agreement?
Or is this just your standard rant posted to any thread with the word "judge" in them?
Bad call, judge.
That's a complete cop-out.
The fact is that in any plea bargain, no sentences are ever guaranteed. The prosecutor and defense may come to an agreement on a recommendation, but sentencing is ALWAYS within the judges' territory. No judge is bound to follow those recommendations and there are any number of cases out there in which a judge deviates from them at his/her own discretion.
Just because this prosecutor had his lips glued to Gardner's butt is no reason for the judge to do the same.
You or I would be serving a year for this crime. Must be nice to be part of the good ol' boy network in Utah County.
Sincerely,
Your past.
I have never figured out how sort of people get elected--are we blind? And yet, when a non-profit charity, with which I spent 14 years heavily involved, mistakenly hired an executive director who turned out to be a con man, multiple wives--he attended different support groups and picked vulnerable women, usually with money, multiple bankruptcies, and court cases where others were awards multi-thousands of dollars in judgment against him, which he refused to pay--those of us on the Board of Directors who had to hire the private investigator and have the research done were considered the BAD GUYS for daring to comment on the personal life of this fine man. Oh, and he was an alcoholic, too. But NONE of that mattered, because we are no longer allowed to make judgments about anyone or anything!
This man, in my JUDGMENT, is an alcoholic, possibly a sexual predator, and why anyone would refuse to see the handwriting on the wall is beyond me.
Even in Utah County (a place I know and love!)
What a different person he was in his 20s and 30s. And even 40s. The wheels seemed to have came off about that point.
I blame ego and pride. The false security blanket of church leadership and community duty, for better or worse, coupled with a hidden illness and an extreme dark side are not good combinations.
Dave, I hope you get better. I hope Marlynn and the kids are OK. I haven't spoken with you for years. But it doesn't mean I don't think about you.
Get some help.
Please get help before you get behind the wheel again and injure any of my friends in Springville. Or forever change any of my friends' lives in Utah County the next time you feel a certain verve.
Tough love
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