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Final Response Bias on the Beach
Final Response to "Bias on the Bench"
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Twelfth Circuit Court Response to Sarasota Herald Tribune "Bias on the Bench" Series
Table of Contents
Introduction
Faulty Premises
The True Nature and Frequency of Negotiated Pleas
Unreliable Data Sources
The Erroneous Investigation of the Honorable Edward Volz, Jr.
A Closer Look at the HT Authors’ Profiled Case Comparisons is Warranted
Case Comparison #1 – Allen Christopher Peters & Jaquavias Sturgis
Case Comparison #2 - Edward Mueller & Terrance Berry and the role of substantial assistance
Case comparison #3 - Chase Legleitner & Lamar Lloyd, the role of substantial assistance, and significant factual differences in the circumstances of their crimes
One Cannot Ignore the Facts
In Defense of the 12th Circuit Chief Judge (and other Florida judges similarly harangued by the HT authors’ misguided premise)
Moving Forward
Supplemental Documentation
Exhibit 1 - Plea and Charge Bargaining
Exhibit 2 - Plea Discussions and Agreements
Exhibit 3 - State v. Warner
Exhibit 4 - Excerpts from the D.O.C. Scoresheet Preparation Manual
Exhibit 5 - OBTS Data Summary for the 12th Judicial Circuit
Exhibit 6 - Letter from Court Administrator of the 20th Circuit to Herald Tribune
Exhibit 7 - E-mail from Herald Tribune to Court Administrator of the 20th Circuit
Exhibit 8 - Guest column of Ashley Cortez published in the Herald Tribune on December 22, 2016
Exhibit 9 - F.S. 958.04 Judicial Disposition of Youthful Offenders & F.S. 958.045 Youthful Offender Basic Training Program
Exhibit 10 - F.S. 948.101 Terms and Conditions of Community Control & F.S. 948.03 Terms and Conditions of Probation
Exhibit 11 - 19th Circuit Public Defender, Diamond Litty response to Bias on the Bench
Exhibit 12 - F.S. 921.0026 Mitigating Circumstances and section of sentencing guidelines scoresheet re: reasons for departure - mitigating circumstances
Exhibit 13 - E-mail from Professor Kenneth Nunn to Trial Court Administrator Walt Smith
Exhibit 14 - March 8, 2017 letter of New College with summary of findings
Exhibit 15 - Chief Judge Williams' Summary of findings of Felony Jury Trials from January 1, 1998 to Present
Addendum 15A - Analysis of 3rd degree felony cases
A year later and the paper acknowledges the data that their series were based on is flawed
Response from the Public