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Fact Pattern # 1 : Tom Rogers

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Fact Pattern #1 Tom Rogers is a career criminal, who got his second offense for armed robbery. He robbed an 80 year old widow in the Kroger parking lot. The Fayette County District Attorney wants the maximum sentence, but the public defender is asking for mercy since Tom’s elderly mother is sick and needs him to care for her at home. Being that I am the Judge, I will give Mr. Rogers the maximum sentence for his second offense for armed robbery. The maximum sentence will be twenty years of imprisonment3, without parole or probation. I chose the maximum because this is not the defendant first offense of armed robbery. Also because he robbed an eighty year old widow. Yes, I understand that is his mother is sick and needs him to take care of her, but he is unstable to take care of his mother. The defendant mother can be taken to a nursing home, where she can get a trained licensed nurse to give her quality care. The nurses at the nursing home is more stable and equipped to take care of the defendant mother, then he is capable of doing himself. I chose this punishment for the defendant, because he is a known robber, who will more than likely continue to rob if he is not stopped.

Fact Pattern #2 John Smith fell at work and hurt his back. He was prescribed OxyContin for the pain. John got hooked on the pills, so he started buying extra off the streets. He eventually got caught and is charged with possession. Being that I am the District Attorney, I will first see if the fall

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