Okay... does this seem odd to anyone else?
You’ve got to figure on where it is.
Sooo, if he used his hand as a fake gun in his pocket, would he still get 7 years for that?
He made a plea deal. Either the evidence was shaky or the U.S. attorney wanted to make 100% sure he was in prison while all the state charges were pending.
The cop’s defense attorney alleged PTSD was a cause of this guy going out and robbing banks and convenience stores. The cop served a tour of duty in Iraq.
Also, the article says “Some of the underlying factors that may have led to Carson’s bizarre behavior were also revealed in court. George spoke of how his wife was lying to him and had him convinced that she was dying from leukemia and undergoing chemotherapy.
Beyond the young family’s mounting money pressures, George told the court that Carson’s wife fabricated a story that their baby girl had been molested by a neighbor, but that evidence couldn’t support charges.”