The prosecutor was very outspoken in the fact his hands were tied by the law. He could not get Rice any jail time based on the statutes as they exist.
We have enough people ignoring or re-writing the laws already, we don’t need more.
That is BS, the prosecutor absolutely could have charged him, and any deal could have waited for further investigation and negotiation. This was a violent crime and he was not entitled to a no charge diversion program.
I’ve been involved in much less egregious cases and the prosecutors are pit bulls in getting the woman to prosecute, and the judges treat the man as guilty on arrival, and that is in cases with no video and just based on an initial he said she said.
There is no obligation to immediately let a man off the hook when he is brought in for violently striking a woman. Quite the opposite.
If true, feminist groups should be trying to change the law in NJ rather than attacking Goodell.
And, yes, the law is woeful inadequate if that is true. What Rice should result in mandatory prison time.
ESPN said Friday that the 3rd degree felony aggravated assault charge that the grand jury indicted Rice on could’ve led to a prison sentence of up to 5 years.
The prosecutor lied about that.
Logically any sane person would assume that a vicious physical assault against anyone in any state can lead to serious jail time. How could the laws not provide for that?