[PositiveCogins]

I'm always for the benefit of a doubt. So if the evidence was so flimsy that they cut him some slack on sentencing then he should have never be found guilty in the first place. He either did it or he didn't, there's no in-between.

[bdfromlv]

In shakey rape cases there is always the how many yeses led up to no and how many no's really meant no. however if it was an encounter with no probable chance of mutual consenting physical contact he deserves no mercy.

[WildTurkey]

I'm always for the benefit of a doubt. So if the evidence was so flimsy that they cut him some slack on sentencing then he should have never be found guilty in the first place. He either did it or he didn't, there's no in-between.

It's a two step process. The jury decides guilt or not-guilty, the judge puts out the sentence.

The judge may have not thought him guilty (unlikely) and gave him the minimum sentence. Remember. One cannot be judge and jury, they are separate entities.