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socrates4_2_0 t1_jc7bptq wrote

Reply to comment by 8bitaficionado in Teen brutally attacked in NYC subway station; hate crime probed: NYPD by OpinionPoop

I only bring that up because the comment you originally replied to was lamenting about the Manhattan DA who charged the bodega worker for acting in self-defense, making your comment seem like this is just yet another example of Manhattan DA incompetence, when by reading the article it's clear it's not that at all.

To answer your second question, there's no guarantee I suppose, but if you read the link you sent, the Bronx DA (who is not in favor of the NY Supreme Court's ruling) said the guy has already been sentenced to 25 to life as part of the second degree murder conviction, and is also charged with conspiracy and gang assault on top of that. Those seem like appropriate charges to me, given what I know, and I expect the total charges will likely extend his sentence to the maximum.

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8bitaficionado t1_jc7j8ly wrote

I didn't mention the DA at all.

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socrates4_2_0 t1_jc7jotg wrote

I didn’t say you did.

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8bitaficionado t1_jc7jzl1 wrote

Yet you made the assumption. I said the city and I should have said the state. Regardless it is the same political machine that put the state judges and the city ones

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socrates4_2_0 t1_jc7l0oz wrote

I made no assumption. But your comment’s lack of clarity (and, as you admit, false info) could easily lead anyone who read it to believe that the choice to vacate the first degree murder sentence was a bad (perhaps political?) decision on the part of the DA’s office.

Clearly, the defendant’s lawyers filed an appeal that was ruled favorably upon by the state supreme court. What exactly is your problem with that?

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8bitaficionado t1_jc7nfk4 wrote

I made a mistake and it was more about the politics then the DA. If I meant the DA I would have said so.

My problem is the political ideas and the machine that has enabled this.

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socrates4_2_0 t1_jc7p5rl wrote

I understand that, but what I'm trying to get at is that based on the article you linked, the circumstances surrounding the case you're referring to has literally nothing to do with "political ideas and the machine".

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