Comments on: Langston Sentencing Part 3: Judge Mills’ statement on sentencing

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:54:20 +0000

I said it several weeks ago Judge Mills would give him every bit of 36 months. I don’t blame him at all, as he said these are serious crimes and should be addressed as such. All of them did as much damage to our system of justice as any criminal did to its victim, a bank robber, rapist, etc. etc.

Balducci and Patterson should take notice, they will not avoid jail time either, especially Balducci, who apparently had this as part of his legal mindset (i. e. the bribe about the DUI case).

By: ThirdSouth

ThirdSouth — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:57:43 +0000

Justathought, your righteous indignation would ring true if anyone here were gloating or laughing. There’s been none of that. But courtroom proceedings often elicit outcries, sobbing, haughty disadain, weeping, wailing. It’s all part of the process and isn’t something the press should ignore. You wouldn’t go down to the ER, with a folding chair, for the afternoon, and expect
everyone there to stifle all emotion. It’s just part of the game.

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:00:22 +0000

Nothing at all unclear or untoward in your question, amicus. Nope. Goes without saying that Langston family members were upset, but they weren’t the ones we were asking about, I feel sure; rather, I wanted to know about the main actors in the drama — all of them current or former Bar members.

By: amicus

amicus — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:53:02 +0000

I have inquired as to the atmosphere. It is not intended to get reactions from loved ones. They are entitled to be upset. My question is for the reaction of the lawyers invovled and lawyers observing the proceedings. Probably should have been more clear.

By: NMC

NMC — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:42:05 +0000

Justathought wrote: “You have no heart if you would ever consider joking about the reactions of loved ones in that court room. You merely state there was “sobbing” but if this was your loved one wouldn’t you? So close to Christmas also. That just shows heartlessness…”

Justathought, my posts took what happened as seriously as is possible. I do not think there is anything in my descriptions of what occurred (including sobbing– and I will note that I did not identify anyone connected to that observation at all) that suggests other than deadly seriousness. If you can show me otherwise, I’ll consider editing a change.

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:38:30 +0000

Justathought, where do you see any joking or laughing? I sure can’t find any on this thread.

By: Justathought

Justathought — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:58:18 +0000

You have no heart if you would ever consider joking about the reactions of loved ones in that court room. You merely state there was “sobbing” but if this was your loved one wouldn’t you? So close to Christmas also. That just shows heartlessness even though I know it is your job to sit on your computer and post blogs just to get reactions. Does it make you content to see that someone is laughing at the reactions of upset loved ones? They didn’t do anything to deserve any of your snide comments. Why do you need to know anything about the reactions? You see the sentence and think what you think. That should be enough.

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:15:47 +0000

NMC’s doing his day job for a couple of hours and will be back to blogging ASAP. Meanwhile, we can speckle-8 to our hearts’ content.

Anderson 9, my impression is that the shocked silently gasped “that LONG?!”

By: amicus

amicus — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:06:44 +0000

NMC: Can you give us your post on atmosphere of the Courtroom? I would guess that it was not similar to the shock of Zach’s sentencing.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:44:36 +0000

I’m puzzled whether the shock was because 36 months seemed too long or too short.