Jackson Jambalaya

People, you basically have two choices -- you can either be smart and lock your fucking car, or you can be stupid and leave your valuables in an unlocked car for these scumbags to steal.

Hinds county voters do not want real leadership in any part of government, especially the DA. They voted the criminal in and failed to convict him at trial.

People, "Common Sense" (in 5:34 above) is saying YOU'RE the F'n problem, NOT people like Woodrez! When will y'all EVER learn??? The solution to all of our burglary problems is in our grasp.......if all you F'n potential victims would ever learn! SHEESH!

6:30 - 'zactly --- all I'm asking is the minimum amount of responsibility that should be expected from any adult. The gun somebody stole from one of your unlocked cars may be used to kill someone you love - or worse yet, someone I love. Lock up your your stuff or contribute to the success of these opportunistic shitheads. If the gun isn't irresponsibly stored, it can't be stolen, ergo there's no opportunity to commit the first crime...or the next.

A car window is not very good protection from thieves.
Remember, it is made of glass. Thieves have been known to break glass to get to what they want.

6:51 - yes, but if I break the glass to get into your car, I will wake people up and I will only get to steal things from that one car. If you are stupid enough to leave your car unlocked, I can simply open it and not make much noise at all, thus giving me the chance to steal things from MANY cars. And by leaving your shit in plain view, I can be even more selective about which cars I steal from. Why are you so hell bent on defending stupidity??

You're not going to win this argument...you're just not. Just lock your shit up already!!

Kingfish, GET OVER IT ALREADY!!
I understand that you are not a practicing attorney, but it would be advantageous for you to consult someone who is before you write another article loaded with misinformation and sheer ignorance of the law and the facts.
Clearly, this defendant entered an open plea before Judge Gowan on that 2016 charge. This would me that Gowan alone decided what to sentence him to. If it were a plea entered at the recommendation of the DA's Office, there would be an ADA's signature on the order.

You are wrong and way out of order.

7:49 - I agree that KF is overwhelmingly biased against Smith and some of his comments are not fair; but a common plea bargain is to drop the habitual end of the indictment and the defendant pleads open to the top count, leaving it to the judge. the document viewed is not the conviction, but the commitment done by the court administrator.

also: no DA in Hinds county could oversee every plea deal in every case. they can set policy, but the ADAs do the actual work. if KF wants to discredit the work, he needs to ferret out the assistant that actually handled the case. KF has a law degree, but no license and no actual experience other than sideline reporting...

Smith is incompetent. Jackson Dpnkeycrats deserve all the incompetence and crime coming their way from the Hinds catch-and-release program.

I don't need a jurists' opinion on why a sorry mofo like this is on the streets.

The fact that he is on the streets tells me all I need to know.

But , guess what? His ass is headed to Parchman this time.

"Woodrez Tremayne" . . .

Kim Wade is correct when he says that any baby momma that names her offspring something with three or more vowels has already sentenced said baby to prison at birth.

This habitual offender has a total of six vowels in it's name.

Just noticed.

Seven vowels according to the Police Reports.

Good job rankin county s.o.
Now mr. Davis gets judged by 12 working tax paying voters who are sick of this bullshit crossing county lines.
He gone.

Over/Under on outcome in Rankin County?

I am taking Ass handed to him in a box by... insert Judge name.

Thanks to the "Dumb Bastard Sheriff" still taking names and kicking ass!

Property crime goes up and so does your homeowners insurance as a result. I hope D.A. Guest puts this flea bit peanut monkey under the damn jail.

I've never voted for Robert Shuler Smith, and I live in Hinds County, but it's rather clear that his office is not adequately staffed, nor is the court, to handle all the cases given them.
Cases are plead out because they have to prioritize and I suspect that violent offenders are their priority, not property cases. And, having been an expert witness for the prosecution in court cases in the past, getting witnesses to appear to testify is not easy. Judges do not schedule for a witness' convenience and a witness who doesn't want to testify is not a reliable witness.
There's also the overcrowding of jails problem. Where to house the criminal while he awaits trial? Who do you want in jail, the property criminal or the armed robber ? And, then , there's the problem of getting people to actually do their civic duty and be a juror.
Everyone wants an efficient judicial system, but no one wants to pay for it. You also do not want to pay the salaries that could come close to competing with those paid by law firms or that can be achieved in private practice. So, you focus on the taxes that are wasted. Who wasted those taxes? They were wasted long before they filtered down to a local prosecutor.
You want good police forces, good courts and you want good schools supported by good parent but you don't want to pool limited resources. And, then you preen because your county , with more resources does better. And, you bitch when the problems next door spill over into your invisible geographic barriers.

October 3, 2017 at 6:33 AM = FAKE Comment

Have you checked the pay of ADA's recently? As for staffing, why don't you check the Hinds DA staffing over the years. Notice how many prosecutors have been run off by Smith. They were either fired or resigned when they were told they were being fired. Very capable ones who had no problems finding jobs at other agencies and District Attorney offices. All run off by the D.A.

As for the plea bargain itself, I am quite aware of the D.A.'s policy to make open pleas and leave sentencing to the judges. Blame Judge Green for that policy. However, this post is not griping about the previous sentence so much as the decision to drop the habitual offender status from this guy's plea bargin - twice. THAT is up to the D.A.

By the way, folks, notice how these defenders of criminals operate. They won't point out specific posts but instead say I have a bias against the D.A. It's to be expected from the Merchants of Crime, otherwise known as the criminal defense attorneys who profit from their connections with the Hinds County criminal justice system while you suffer.

You can lock your car, even hire a guard to watch it but as long as Hinds county keeps releasing habitual offenders back to prey on the people you would be wasting your time.
They have already stolen everything worth stealing in Hinds county and are now preying on people in other counties.
It isn't the fault of the victim. It is the fault of the thief who has been caught many times yet is allowed to prey on the honest people.
Hinds county, keep your thugs at home. People there are used to being prey.

KF.... ive been a big fan of yours for a long time, but your last paragraph in your 9:13am post is way outta line.

I have the solution for all this---MOVE OUT OF MISSISSIPPI !!!!

9:53,

Way out of line? I would say dead accurate. Just because defense atty groups think getting someone off a crime they committed is ethical the rest of us do not. Yes, you profit off a crooked system and the deeper you embed yourself the more you profit. Try ensuring justice is served and the defendants rights are protected, that would let everyone including you sleep better at night and be a better representation of your career as an officer of the court.

9:53 (CDA) = Butt-hurt... and needs some safe space.

The "not enough space to keep them" has been bantered around for years. Didn't I read that the State had removed their prisoners from the Hinds County Jail? Do we still not have enough space? The long-standing problem, as I understand it, is not enough cases being heard. Plea bargaining is a "get out of jail free card" or it is used when chances of a conviction are slim. Just an ordinary citizen, non-attorney, but wish I could better understand. Repeatedly in the news, blame is placed on the courts and the DA. Is this not true? He seems unstable to me, but what do I know?

6:53 - Only if you're a lawyer.

You don't deserve to own a gun if you store it in your vehicle. It does no good in there, unless you want it to be stolen. Get a permit and carry it or leave it in your home, idiots.

to 9:53.... wow, don't you talk tough. strap this one on stud muffin, the 6th amendment right to counsel was laid down by the founding fathers, not morons like you. if you don't like that maybe you should move to a more enlightened country that is "ensuring justice". may i suggest cuba, iran, north korea, sub-saharan africa or red china. all of those places would welcome a person of you intellect.

Going out of Jackson is a good way for some career car burglar to become room temperature due to lead poisoning.

Dear 9:02,

Apparently in your haste to defend your honor you addressed your emotional response to the wrong post. If you were trying to address the 10:40 post you should take a breath and let the hamsters take a couple laps before you pop off. Clearly my comment indicated that a representation of counsel was deserved to prevent the trampling of rights, such as in the countries you listed. The point lost on you was that ensuring protection of one's rights doesn't equate to perverting justice and letting the guilty go free. I know, that's the system we have so put you head back in the trough and continue slurping up your just rewards.

to 2:58 ..if BS was a crime you would be on death row