Texas Man gets 70 years in prison

A Lubbock jury handed down the headline-grabbing punishment Wednesday for 36-year-old Larry Pearson ... who was found guilty of 2 counts of harassment of a public servant. Prosecutors say Pearson spit at 2 Lubbock PD officers who arrested him in May 2022 on domestic violence charges after a woman told cops Pearson hit her in

A Lubbock jury handed down the headline-grabbing punishment Wednesday for 36-year-old Larry Pearson ... who was found guilty of 2 counts of harassment of a public servant.

Prosecutors say Pearson spit at 2 Lubbock PD officers who arrested him in May 2022 on domestic violence charges after a woman told cops Pearson hit her in the face.

According to prosecutors, Pearson was upset the alleged victim was not arrested instead, and started kicking at the doors in the cop car where he was being held ... and he spit at the officers when they opened the car door.

Prosecutors say the spitting didn't end there ... claiming Pearson kept hocking loogies upon arrival at the Lubbock County Detention Center.

During the trial's closing arguments, prosecutor Jessica Gorman asked jurors to consider a sentence that would "send a message" to not only Pearson, but also society ... and he ended up getting 70 years.

Pearson also had prior convictions for family violence and aggravated robbery, and, as a result, the minimum sentence the jury could impose was 25 years.

The guy's no angel, for sure, but there's a huge gap between 25 and 70 years! And, for a crime like spitting ... that seems extreme. Even in Texas.

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by Anonymousreply 11April 21, 2023 11:48 AM

I would do the Cop on the left

by Anonymousreply 1April 14, 2023 2:52 PM

[quote] Pearson also had prior convictions for family violence and aggravated robbery, and, as a result, the minimum sentence the jury could impose was 25 years.

[quote] The guy's no angel, for sure, but there's a huge gap between 25 and 70 years! And, for a crime like spitting ... that seems extreme.

This.

Every time there is gun violence the right claims that instead of addressing the proliferation of guns that we need to address mental illness instead. But in this case which is clearly an issue of mental illness they seek to "set an example"

by Anonymousreply 2April 14, 2023 2:57 PM

And yet Trump is free.

Remember, never commit a small crime. Commit BIG crimes.

by Anonymousreply 3April 14, 2023 2:59 PM

Welcome to Texas justice.

Black man spits at white cop? Gets 70 years in prison.

White man shoots black protestor dead? Gets pardon from governor.

by Anonymousreply 4April 14, 2023 3:08 PM

Minor correction, R4. The dead protestor was a white man married to a Black woman (which some would claim is worse because it makes him a traitor).

by Anonymousreply 5April 14, 2023 3:12 PM

Do juries determine the sentence in Texas, rather than the judge? When I served on a jury in Colorado, the judge instructed us that we were not to consider or speculate on what the sentence might be, since sentencing was his job, not ours.

by Anonymousreply 6April 14, 2023 3:17 PM

[quote]The dead protestor was a white man married to a Black woman (which some would claim is worse because it makes him a traitor).

No, racist white men don't have a problem with that, it's only when white women are with black men that they get outraged.

by Anonymousreply 7April 14, 2023 3:21 PM

The LatinX cop in the back is cute šŸ„°

by Anonymousreply 8April 14, 2023 3:28 PM

Meanwhile in Georgia

[qupte] Thompson was ā€œeaten aliveā€ by insects and bed bugs, Michael Harper, an attorney for Thompsonā€™s family, said in a news release Wednesday. The release, accompanied by jail records and graphic photos of Thompson and his cell, called for a criminal investigation into the 35-year-old manā€™s death and for the Fulton County Jail to be shuttered and replaced.

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[quote] The cell was so dirty that a worker who entered it wore a safety suit designed to protect from hazardous materials, according to jail records.

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[quote] Thompson was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor simple battery in June, court records show. He was held at the Fulton County Jail and awaiting transfer to an Alabama jail for a prior charge,

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by Anonymousreply 9April 14, 2023 3:30 PM

[quote]And yet Trump is free. Remember, never commit a small crime. Commit BIG crimes.

Yup - he should have caused an insurrection in the Texas state house. He'd be home free today.

by Anonymousreply 10April 14, 2023 4:17 PM

[quote] Killer former cop Kim Potter who was sentenced to 2 years in prison for the murder of Daunte Wright is to be freed next week after serving 16 months in jail.

[quote] A black man in Texas named Larry Pearson was sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting on cops.

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