Pardons, Commutations and Dropped Prosecutions Catch-All

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“The new top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is allowing a former sheriff’s deputy convicted by a jury of a felony civil rights violation against a Black woman to instead plead guilty to a misdemeanor and return to policing.

A plea agreement filed late Thursday says if Trevor Kirk pleads guilty to misdemeanor deprivation of rights under color of law, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will “move to strike the jury’s finding” that he injured his victim, which made his crime a felony.

The four assistant U.S. attorneys who prosecuted Kirk withdrew from the case on Friday. They did not sign the plea agreement.

… Kirk faced about nine years in prison under U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines for his felony conviction, but his misdemeanor conviction carries a maximum of one year. However, Essayli and Keenan agreed to recommend only one year of probation. They also aren’t barring him from working in law enforcement.

But as with other plea agreements, the judge who will sentence Kirk doesn’t have to accept prosecutors’ recommendation of probation only. …”

[video of incident in link]
 
nycfan said:


“The new top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is allowing a former sheriff’s deputy convicted by a jury of a felony civil rights violation against a Black woman to instead plead guilty to a misdemeanor and return to policing.

A plea agreement filed late Thursday says if Trevor Kirk pleads guilty to misdemeanor deprivation of rights under color of law, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will “move to strike the jury’s finding” that he injured his victim, which made his crime a felony.

The four assistant U.S. attorneys who prosecuted Kirk withdrew from the case on Friday. They did not sign the plea agreement.

… Kirk faced about nine years in prison under U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines for his felony conviction, but his misdemeanor conviction carries a maximum of one year. However, Essayli and Keenan agreed to recommend only one year of probation. They also aren’t barring him from working in law enforcement.

But as with other plea agreements, the judge who will sentence Kirk doesn’t have to accept prosecutors’ recommendation of probation only. …”

[video of incident in link]
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The judge should reject the plea.
 
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