ONE YEAR ONLY!!! That's a slap on the wrist. I don't give a fig if he's a Stanford grad student... what difference does that make? Why is that mentioned in the article when it should be irrelevant. Send the jerk to prison real prison for about 10 years. She'll have to live with the residuals of the injuries and the violent memories her whole life. Take his future away from him and all like him. What a sham and a shame.

@Maher: I agree with you. Unfortunately for us (and the rest of Santa Clara County), when a defendant pleads no contest, the tendency is to hand out a lighter sentence -- no doubt to save jail space for those who "truly" deserve it.

Messed up? Undoubtedly. Fixable? Not likely, as least for the time being.

Meanwhile the jails are full of non-violent offenders.

>Meanwhile the jails are full of non-violent offenders.

only when they don't bond out.

Man you guys are ignorant, this guy gets a year and will have his goals and career thrown off course for a good 5 years. That is plenty of punishment! Have you been to jail? Have you been in an argument? Have your emotions ever got the best of you? I'm not condoning what this dude did but we do not know the whole story period. If he had any kinda of legal representation I would not pay them, a year is a lot. I know a guy who got caught with a half ounce of meth, he got 3 months Elwood, I now a chick who had drug and battery charges and was a 2nd time offender she got 1 year prison and served 9 months. This guy doing a year in county will end up in Elwood where it is very political and may well be worse then the prison system. Whatever just saying my opinion, he should do 120 days .

"Man you guys are ignorant..."

Then these:

"...any kinda of...", "...chick...", "...may well be worse then (than) the prison system..."

If you're a public defender, I'm Santa Claus.

BTW, it's Elmwood, not Elwood. Just sayin'.

Inept public defenders are the reason many are in jail and the reason for so many injustices regarding sentencing. That's why the GOOD lawyers get so much money.
Not fair, but reality.

"Have you been to jail? Have you been in an argument? Have your emotions ever got the best of you?"

Yeah to all 3.

Never hit a woman though. This dude hit her 6 or 7 times, fracturing her eye socket. No justifying that. Can't help but feel a little sorry for the dope though, he's in for a different world than Stanford.

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