Over the last few weeks, some rather interesting sentences have been handed down in criminal cases that have left conservatives and legal experts baffled.
For instance, this week, a report surfaced about an illegal immigrant who got a slap on the wrist in a hit-and-run case that resulted in the death of a student at the University of South Carolina.
But it was the sentence of the wannabe assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh that really confused experts and angered conservatives.
Details of the sentence of Rosali Fernandez-Cruz, 24, were just revealed this week, but the case itself reached its conclusion over the summer.
Prosecutors very quietly dropped three charges against Fernandez-Cruz after he agreed to plead guilty to a single count for having killed Nathaniel Baker, a 21-year-old student.
Republican South Carolina Attorney General Alan explained, “The judge decided the sentence, which was one year.” He added that the victim’s family had forgiven the alleged killer, continuing, “They did not want this to be politicized or highly publicized. They were in agreement with the guilty plea and sentence.”
The family's decision to forgive him, in my opinion, is completely separate from securing justice. We had people in Jan. 6 cases sentenced to years in jail for walking around the Capitol, yet this man gets a year for taking someone’s life? Tell me again how the system is fair and balanced.
Nicholas Roske, who recently revealed that he is now transgender and goes by the name Sophie, traveled to the D.C. area to kill Kavanaugh over the anticipated reversal of Roe v. Wade as well as a decision in a Second Amendment case with which he disagreed (this was after the Uvalde school shooting).
Prosecutors were looking for a sentence of 30 years, but defense attorneys asked the judge for a much lighter sentence after Roske pleaded guilty to the attempted assassination of Kavanaugh.
The judge fell for the act, and only sentenced Roske to eight years, and again, we have people doing more than a decade in jail for conduct at the Capitol on Jan. 6, yet trying to kill a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court of America only gets you eight years.
Like many of you, I was left scratching my head at the logic of the sentence.
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley was perplexed by Roske's sentence, stating, “It was quite a difference. You know, the federal sentencing laws after a case called Booker are no longer binding on federal judges, but judges try to stay roughly in the same continent.”
He continued, “This sentence seemed to come from a different planet. The minimum sentence recommended by the guidelines was 30 years. She was off by about 22 years, and the rationale that she used raised more concerns.”
Turley then addressed the judge’s reasoning, stating, “And then her rationale that he might need treatment for his gender, you know, transformation or procedures, is really quite unique. Many of us were really scratching our heads. She was using that almost like it was a sentencing departure, and that’s the first time I’ve ever seen that.”
This outcome, in my opinion, was a disgrace. And yes, I understand that Roske called the cops on himself, but to think what would have happened had he not contacted his sister and she had not convinced him to turn himself in. This was a well-thought-out plan, and it literally could have changed history. So, yes, I believe Roske should have spent the rest of his life in jail. Sadly, the judiciary has been tainted by activists, and we see it in the language of their rulings every day.
