Masters, who lives in the nearby town of Park Hills, has been arrested more than a dozen times: for being drunk, for shoplifting, for missed court dates, for marijuana possession. He spent most of the 1990s and a stretch from 2000 to 2004 in state prison for the felonies of torching a car to collect insurance and possessing methamphetamine ingredients.
Hick Lawyer is a jerk. Period.
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TheSilence
It's not the prosecutions job to set the sentence--that's the judge's responsibility. The prosecution simply fits the facts to the crime to determine the charge and then proves his case to a jury. He has nothing to do with the sentencing.
An excellent point.
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MadTiger
Lanell Gibbs was there the day of the doughnut heist.
“That was a first,” Gibbs, 68, said.
She has worked for 11 years as a cashier at Country Mart, a regional supermarket chain. Next to her register, she keeps a clipping from the local newspaper about the doughnut man’s case. He was indicted just last month, although the theft took place in December. She likes to show the article to customers as she recounts the story.
It was about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6. The store was in a lull. Gibbs, who could see the doughnut case from her station, said she saw Masters slip the doughnut into the pocket of his hooded sweatshirt.
She turned to a co-worker and said, “I saw him take a doughnut. Let’s see if he pays for it.”
They watched Masters as he strolled past the seven green checkout lanes and out a side door between the customer service desk and the pharmacy, passing under a giant “Country Mart Thanks You” sign.
Gibbs’ co-worker followed Masters into the parking lot. The co-worker, a 54-year-old woman, demanded that Masters come inside, according to the police report. He offered to give the doughnut back. She declined and grabbed his arm.
That is when Masters allegedly delivered “a backhanded punch to the chest” and took off running, police said.
“That made her mad,” Gibbs recalled.
The woman, who was uninjured, jumped in her car and called police as she chased Masters. He was arrested minutes later. -
RisingEagle
From another website I like to read:
"Sounds like this case has a hole in it."
"Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo to speak as character witnesses."