[Jonty30]

Not necessarily. Lots of prosecutors will amp up the charges, if they can get away with it because it looks good on their resume.

Zimmerman would be an example of this. He was charged with second-degree murder on what should have been no worse than a negligent homicide case.

The judge’s role is to only find the defendant guilty or not guilty, not decide if what he is being charged with is disproportionate to the crime.

[calex59]

You can't amp up the charges on a petty theft case. These stories are contrived, just as many things the left does are contrived and faked. You can't change a misdemeanor to a felony unless there was a felony committed, in the case of Zimmerman the charges should never have been brought but the fact that he shot someone could easily be construed as a felony, not so when we are talking about stealing a slice of pizza.

These people did something other that what is being reported, period, that is why they went to jail for life.

[B4Ranch]

>>decide if what he is being charged with is disproportionate to the crime.<<

That is what the jury should consider before anything else.