Video: How not to talk to the judge during sentencing

Via Bill Amos, a symphonie du bleep for lazy Friday afternoon. Interesting case here, actually. The charge was battery stemming from the defendant having spit in the eye of a sheriff’s deputy. The sentence: 13 years in prison, three more than the prosecutor had asked for. Why so long? Because he’s HIV-positive, which makes that loogie a potentially (albeit unlikely) deadly weapon.

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He was already in jail for robbery, which doubtless factored in.

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David Strom 8:00 PM | July 11, 2025
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