Comments on: Woman Gets 15 Years For Trying To Kill Ex

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 18:51:59 +0000

Curious, Does this mean you found something wrong with what I said? Or does it mean I should be silent and let my betters do all the talking?

By: Curious

Curious — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:48:20 +0000

David Huie Green, I’m certainly glad you can answer for Mr. Wiggins, because he didn’t answer & that’s not the explanation he gave to others, but it doesn’t answer everything, it seems like some just want to prove they know everything & yet know nothing. They just seem to skirt around stuff & blow some off.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:50:44 +0000

REGARDING:
“would you care to tell us why one judge punishes one sentence when another a different sentence when they have guidelines to follow? It should be the same none different,”

Judges shouldn’t use judgment?
They should rubber-stamp sentences?

Guidelines show what they expect is proper punishment for a given crime. If there are reasons to go outside the guidelines, the judges are to say why they were more or less lenient than the guidelines call for.

Within the realm of a given criminal charge is quite a bit of leeway. “Launching a missile into a motor vehicle” for instance is a crime.
The missile might be a spit ball, a pebble, a rock, a knife, an arrow, a shotgun blast.
Each is a violation of the law, but the seriousness of each is obviously not the same.

Attitude of the convicted person counts:
“Yes, I did it and I’ll do it again,” is not likely to be well received.
Whereas,
“Your honor, I’m very sorry I did what I did, but he just spit on my daughter and laughed at her and it drove me nuts. I’ve never done anything like this before and will never do anything like this again. I’ve learned my lesson and my children need me,” accepts responsibility, explains mitigating circumstances, points out a plan to avoid future crimes and to care for loved ones.

A minor crime as part of a continuing line of criminal activity can be dealt with more than others looking alike.

The weight each judge places on each factor will depend on the lawyers, judge and precedent.
All crimes aren’t the same.
All criminals aren’t the same.
Judges judge.

David for perfect judges
(sometimes poorly, sometimes well)

By: Curious

Curious — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:04:02 +0000

Mr. Wiggins, would you care to tell us why one judge punishes one sentence when another a different sentence when they have guidelines to follow? It should be the same none different, but I think you need to stop spewing about the legislature before you can’t answer anybody else, you’ve made good points but you’ve missed something. Again, why then can two or three judges give out different punishments when they have the same guidelines to follow? I’m very curious to your answer to my question? Just helping make a point

By: coseysex

coseysex — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:37:31 +0000

@gman you’re kidding right? Not saying what she did was right at all but this man dated,married and procreated(twice) with this woman so either he knew she was crazy and didn’t care or he made her that way. Most people don’t go from sane to crazy without provocation. My mama always used to say,”birds of a feather flock together.” I’d almost be willing to bet that the husband had issues too. Btw there are a lot of men and women who willingly date crazy because they like the drama.
Btw you remind me of an ex husband who’d beat me senseless and when I’d call the police and they’d arrive and I was hysterical (from the beatings and from the poison he spewed at me after I called the police and they were in enroute) the ex would say I was the crazy one. The police didn’t see what he’d done or said to me to get me hysterical before they arrived. Blame the woman so you can sleep better at night. Move on is right!! Unbelievable!!

By: traumaqueen

traumaqueen — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:06:38 +0000

@gman Crazy people have a knack of being able to hide their crazy if they want to. I dated crazy for five yrs(he hid his crazy well). He had several conquests during our relationship and had ongoing relationships with these women. It didn’t take him long after our relationship ended to find another relationship. Unfortunately, I didnt see his crazy till the tail end of our relationship and after I’d gotten pregnant with his child. So just because you’re crazy doesn’t mean you’ll be alone forever. It just means you’ll be alone till you find the next woman who falls for your charms and his stories

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:51:28 +0000

Dennis-I appreciate your insight. I appreciate your want and urging for better legislation. I agree with both, and I have made the push.

Yes, I am critical of the justice system, because in my opinion it isn’t a justice system any longer. I would venture to say it is a LEGAL system with no justice.

I will never be at the mercy of a judge, but if I were and if I deserved the time, I would hope a Judge would be brave enough to impose a maximum sentence.

Pensacola is infested with crime–it is an epidemic. I can only hope that the residents will get sick of it and decide to clean it up.

By: Dennis HE Wiggins

Dennis HE Wiggins — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:21:55 +0000

Crystal – I will repeat what I said. Contact your LEGISLATORS. If Judge Terrell, et al., have no choice then they won’t make it. Convince your legislators they need to increase the minimum sentence. Judge Terrell followed the guidelines the Legislature set out. Even if he had sentenced her to the maximum sentence, I would venture to say there was a good chance it would be reduced on appeal – and at the taxpayers’ (YOUR and my) expense.

CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS. Criticizing Judges doesn’t do any good. I certainly hope not, but you could be before Judge Terrell one day and he decide to take you up on your “suggestion” that he go for the maximum sentence. You would be very likely to remember your criticism of him then!

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:19:23 +0000

Dennis,

Judges need to know that the community is watching the decisions that they make because they affect the community as a whole. The community needs to watch and be critical of judges. Things like this should not be swept under the rug.

Criticism comes with the job title, and yes it can be easy judging hundreds of cases at time due to the over-litigious Americans. But if they don’t want to be criticized, they should make careful and sound judgments.

You want evidence? You want facts?This lady is a sociopath that will walk the streets again one day. A lady who ran down an ex and his new flame. Someone attempted to kill these two in front of witnesses and her own children. P-r-em-e-d-i-t-a-t-e-d.

And if she attempts and GOD FORBID is successful when she is released from her mere 15 years, the judge can live with that on his hands.

By: Dennis HE Wiggins

Dennis HE Wiggins — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:01:31 +0000

Crystal – The statute reads “A person who actually killed, intended to kill, or attempted to kill the victim AND who is convicted under s. 782.04 of a capital felony . . . .” There is no indication that she was “convicted under s. 782.04 of a capital felony.” You are presuming facts not in evidence. Again, unless you are privy to information the rest of us are not, stop criticizing the Judge. They have a hard enough job as it is; they don’t need to be criticized by someone who is not “in the know.”