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crispydukes t1_ixibhbh wrote

Reply to comment by Franklinia_Alatamaha in Police: Man, 25, charged in connection with string of robberies at off-campus Temple residences by Franklinia_Alatamaha

It depends on what the aggravated assault charges were exactly. You get road rage or into a bar fight, that's aggravated assault. Aggravated assault is many steps lower than armed robbery.

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Franklinia_Alatamaha OP t1_ixiekja wrote

This is not correct. They are almost exactly equal on the offense gravity score grading (and he was convicted of the higher Felony 1 Aggravated Assault): https://pcs.la.psu.edu/guidelines-statutes/sentencing/7th-edition-sentencing-guidelines/

Also, the arson charge alone for a first time offender called for a /minimum/ of a 2 to 4 year to 3 to 6 year state sentence. Instead of 22 to 36 months at the absolute minimum upstate, he got three months. And he was immediately paroled. And the DAO negotiated that sentence.

Dude literally got 10% the sentence he should have gotten.

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sluman001 t1_ixiw3qq wrote

Not only that, but with a rap sheet like this, he’s not getting hired anywhere, so we end up with a desperate violent criminal back on the streets. This leniency only increases the odds of his crimes escalating.

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An_emperor_penguin t1_ixikaqs wrote

Why would it change anything if he was arrested for a bar fight or road rage? Those are both pretty bad

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crispydukes t1_ixip36i wrote

Because getting into a bar fight is not a direct indicator that someone is going to commit armed robbery...

People can be shitty humans and get into fights (aggravated assault). That doesn't mean they automatically lack enough morals to commit serious crimes.

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An_emperor_penguin t1_ixisda4 wrote

I think seriously injuring someone actually is an indicator of some bad things because most road rage/bar fights don't end in an arrest and sentence.

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