Charges under the PLEA AGREEMENT accepted are:
ONE count ASSAULT as a nondangerous crime, and ONE count kidnapping: reduced to nondangerous, weapons charges dropped. "Journalists" are still getting information from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office: you'd think they would care to hand out the correct information-- but it appears Andrew Thomas is allowed to manipulate both what he "says" and "doesn't say" to the media... as with the channel 15 story.
It's crazy to accept ONLY two years from a known terrorist when you could put him away for life. How did he suddenly become "NONDANGEROUS" if he was such a THREAT to the community, home for 6 months WITH NO BAIL??? No one let YOU know he'd come home... were YOU IN DANGER, or was there ever a true danger to begin with? People do not become NOT dangerous just by signing a paper. County Prosecutors backed this BOY into a corner, providing ONLY 2 choices:
(NOTE: If they CREATED the OFFER, they could have provided other options that would not have resulted in IMMEDIATE PHYSICAL DANGER of his life, or reasonable rehabilitation-- but repeatedly CHOSE not to do so.
1. Go to trial and guarantee himself 27-41 years MINIMUM in prison for the ACTUAL CRIME, because HE TOLD THE TRUTH, AND add on another 45 to life for "terrorism" because he sat in his own home and allegedly THOUGHT-- (a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT that is protected-- to be secure in one's own home!) about doing something more--which they will dismiss ONLY if he takes the plea agreeement ( so we're looking at 21 to life, incarceraton until the minimum age of 35 to be served day-for-day, with no possibility of early release, for a trumped-up trial) OR
2. this plea "agreement", in which the Prosecutor lays down all the rules and conditions without negotiation of any kind-- which include denying TWO conclusive mental health assessments. THE JUDGE HAS NO AUTHORITY TO MODIFY THE CONDITIONS OF THAT AGREEMENT. Even the guards at the jail believed the Judge got to do the JUDGING.
THIS Judge TOLD the Prosecutor that SHE does NOT believe this BOY deserves further incarceration. The County Prosecutor does not have enough respect or consideration to debate his position with his own peers within the profession OR the system. Must be great to play GOD....
WHAT CHILD HAS MATURITY OR EMOTIONAL EQUILIBRIUM FOR SUCH A DECISION IN THE FIRST PLACE!!The "terrorism" charge they are willing to drop BUT, ONLY if he accepts their ONLY OFFER, which they hang over his head to force him into compliance .
HOW IS THAT NOT LEGAL BLACKMAIL???
