Absolutely. The DOC's apparent new liberal parole policy appears to be directly related to fiscal incompetence and institutional laziness.
or corruption and graft by the contractors and those palms they grease to get the laws passed.
Absolutely. The DOC's apparent new liberal parole policy appears to be directly related to fiscal incompetence and institutional laziness.
... Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Walters is familiar with Ratney because he arrested him about eight years ago. But during this arrest, Ratney reportedly yelled obscenities wearing a t-shirt reading "F The Police" and "Black Lives Matter."
Since IIRC parolees can't vote, I would agree. It really has to do with the criminal code revision, which moved a ton of people from DOC custody, actually raising the DOCs budget demands because math is hard as regards housing them in county. Plus, despite falling numbers, the DOC has no interest in closing a facility.
This all means that even though far fewer felons go to prison, the DOC has even less interest than before in actually keeping the ones that do.
It is truly the WORST of both worlds. I blame idiots at the DOC that couldn't figure out that the per diem to county was way more than the cost of actually imprisoning them and the legislators who failed to do any sort of due diligence.
Now, Ratney, 27, is facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and criminal recklessness. Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said the prosecutor's office also could pursue a habitual offender enhancement because of Ratney's past criminal record.
The prosecutor's office won't pursue an attempted murder charge because there isn't any indication that Ratney had the intent to kill the officer or his family, Curry said.
What kind of prison time is he looking at?
Off the Top of my head, I believe 18 total, 12 on the SVF and 6 on the crim reck. Once again off the top of my head, I believe that they can run consecutively because of the nature of the charges. If the HO is in play, I see zero reason not to pursue it. HO on a level 4 gets you another 6-20 in play last I looked.What kind of prison time is he looking at?
Curry went with Criminal Recklessness and Serious Violent Felon - Possession of Firearm.
Pretty much what I expected.
The prosecutor's office won't pursue an attempted murder charge because there isn't any indication that Ratney had the intent to kill the officer or his family, Curry said.
So we can figure that this guy, if found guilty, will be out again in probably what, 6-10 years?
There's that word again. I guess if he did actually put a bullet between the wifes eyes then that would have been icing on the cake?
People are just ****ing stupid.
It's a bit distressing to hear that pointing a gun and pulling the trigger does not equal intent.
Sounds like we need to fire some liberal judges up there?
... If you pull the trigger and kill someone with a ricochet while hunting, should that be murder? ...
Unless the Feds take an interest in him, probably. It can be tough to interest them in one felon/one gun cases but given the targeting of LEO here they may pick it up.