IS THIS BULLSHIT OR APPROPRIATE?

[HairOfTheDog]

He shouldn't get 11 years in prison; LE needs to spend more time looking for killers. Very tasteless, but he learned that from the adults in his life and I have seen
adults do worse and nothing happens to them. Let him do some community service and go to some classes on diversity, equal rights, etc....Like the kid in Sig Alph frat doing racial slurs on party bus at OU. He had to speak in press conference and apologize to the community, University, fellow students, etc. with all of the Black leaders in Norman standing on the stage around him nodding their approval. Seemed to work....

I'd be shocked if he got 11 years. That's the maximum sentence he faces if he's convicted of both charges, but I don't think federal prosecutors will seek the max.

Harris will probably do very little jail time, if any, in my opinion. I think he'll more likely get a fine, community service, and probation. If he willingly makes a public apology, it could help his case too. The Justice Department is making an example out of him -- blatant racism won't be tolerated at universities.

Universities seem to be cracking down as well. Harris and the other two freshmen who were allegedly involved in the incident were kicked out of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity immediately, which wound up closing its Ole Miss chapter shortly after the incident.

If Harris doesn't plead guilty, the trial should be fairly soon (no date released). He was just indicted, but the incident occurred 14 months ago. He turned himself in and was released on bond on Friday.

Here's what his lawyer said today: Harris is thoroughly remorseful that he has offended anyone, his attorney explained, and would do anything to take it all back. “ Graeme (Harris) is ashamed of himself and so sorry that people may forever see him as somebody he is not,” Hill said. “Additionally, he is especially troubled by what this thoughtless event has done to his own family.” Interview: http://thedmonline.com/graeme-harris-law...ndictment/


Note: his name has been reported differently in different articles -- it's "Graeme Phillip Harris".