Some people just don't know when they have a good thing going. Exhibit A: Jermaine Bradley who FAFO'ed. Bradley got a hard dose of reality today after Hinds County Circuit Judge revoked his house arrest and sent him to prison for five years.
Bradley pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery and one count of gratification of lust in March. The victim was between 14 and 16 years old. Bradley was 20 years old when he molested the minor.
Hinds County Assistant District Attorney Sharon Spencer recommended Bradley get the maximum five-year sentence with two years suspended and three years served on house arrest. Circuit Judge Debra Gibbs approved the recommendation.
There is just one problem: the sentence is illegal. Section 47-5-1003 of the Mississippi Code states:
(1) An intensive supervision program may be used as an alternative to incarceration for offenders who are not convicted of a crime of violence pursuant to Section 97-3-2 as selected by the court and for juvenile offenders as provided in Section 43-21-605. Any offender convicted of a sex crime shall not be placed in the program.
Section 97-3-2 defines sexual battery as a crime of violence.
Nevertheless, Bradley went to the house - his house to serve his sentence - as he completed his education in the Hinds County Catch & Release Program.
It was unbelievable break for Bradley but the miscreant could not help himself and got into more trouble. JPD arrested Bradley two weeks ago and charged him with statutory rape, aggravated assault, felon in possession of a firearm, and sexual exploitation of a minor. The victim was his 16 year-old girlfriend but he started seeing her when she was 15. He is now 22 years-old. He allegedly shot her in the stomach and videotaped their having sex on his phone. Bradley confessed to it all in Jackson Municipal Court.
The Court denied bond for Bradley.
Hinds County Assistant District Attorney David Linzey asked Judge Gibbs to revoke his house arrest and suspended sentence on August 1.
Bradley won't enjoy home cooking any more because Judge Gibbs revoked his house arrest and suspended sentence, sending him to prison for the remainder of his 5-year sentence. Since he was sentenced in March, he has probably only served five months or less of his five-year sentence at home.
A true case of FAFO.
Kingfish note: Of course, he should have never been at home in the first place.
8 comments:
Ever seen that old movie "The Lottery", that's what should happen to these people...
How does a judge implement an illegal sentencing and no one notices? I would assume the victim didn't have an attorney looking over these things, but was no one paying attention?
Hell, it was the ADA who recommended it.
Castrate the sexual offenders and it will help stop them offending again and deter others from risking their balls.
Since they cannot be rehabilitated, and you cannot keep them in jail forever, this is a fine idea. Protect the victims or the perp?
This is one crime that deserves a zero tolerance policy. Mandatory chemical castration and a one way ticket to alligator Alcatraz or something similar.
Look around. Legal malpractice is everywhere.
Concurrent sentencing, especially with sex crime convictions, is pure idiocy.
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