Posted on 03/02/2010 2:34:09 PM PST by OldDeckHand
A Yolo County judge on Monday sentenced a man who walked out of a store with a package of cheese in his trousers to seven years and eight months in prison.
Prosecutors had originally sought a life sentence for Robert Ferguson under the state's "three strikes" law. They dropped that bid last month, saying a psychological report had convinced them that a life sentence wasn't warranted.
At Monday's hearing, Deputy District Attorney Clinton Parish urged Judge Thomas Warriner to consider at least one of Ferguson's prior strikes – one for burglary and another for assault with a deadly weapon – and to sentence him to a lengthy term.
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Why would anyone get bonus credit?
Gerbil? or hamster?
How is it that THIS guy gets the “3 strikes”, and the guy who supposedly kidnapped that 17 yr old in San Diego (who was extremely dangerous) didn’t get the 3 strikes??? He had more charges against HIM. What’s going on??
Good behavior, overcrowding, etc.
People routinely serve less actual days than their sentence. It did not say that he was given "825 days credit for the 825 days he spent in jail prior to sentencing." It said he was given "825 days credit for the time he spent..."
We'll have a right to speedy health care too! /s
FMCDH(BITS)
Sure. Like the guy who drinks, smokes, and is overwieght and has a heart attack because he ate warm bread. The cheese ain't got nothin to do with it.
Looks like at least one murder rap for him now.
Body reported found in Lake Hodges during search for Chelsea King
Looks like a baby Roborovski Dwarf Hamster (often weighs less than 1 ounce when full grown).
It’s hard to figure out what to be most appalled and disgusted about. There are too many choices.
1) Clearly mentally ill offender.
2) Pants cheese?
3) 92 months for stealing pants cheese?
4) Assault with intent to soda.
5) Can get out in 3 years and change.
6) Has already served 825 days (2 years, 3 months, 5 days) *awaiting* trial.
7) Freaking California.
8) Insanely long list of prior offenses.
I’m thinking we need a desert island for this guy, along with a great big garden full of ripe pumpkins, so he can live happily ever after.
Never heard of them. They look like a cross between a hamster and a gerbil. Larger more intelligent eyes than a standard hamster.
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