Actually Big Jim, he was guilty of a number of felonies, not just armed robbery...that alone would get you, from what I saw, about 10 years....

So the 33 year sentence was the sum of sentences for the individual crimes...but there is discretion in HOW it it served...concurrently (he'll serve about 10 years) or consecutively (he'll serve the full 33)...

No one really knows at the moment...at least from what I can see...but we're all assuming he's gone for the full 33....which IMO is based more on the politics and past than on the crime...

And as far as the first trial...no question there was real evidence...but proof has to be beyond a reasonable doubt...and that burden, according to the jury, was not met AND came in large part from the discredited actions of the police....THAT is scary.



If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop