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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem
The kids life is ruined whether it's 1 day or 20 years
You know, you could make a good argument that the lenient sentence is actually
the reason his life will possibly be much more difficult than it otherwise would have been. If he got a reasonable sentence, and this case never caught fire and became a national story, he could have done his time. Slipped quietly under the radar, and simply gone back to school at a different school after and continued where he left off (sans the swimming scholarship, obviously).
Now that this has become such an issue, you're right. His name will forever be connected to this in a much bigger way. I still don't buy the fact that his life is ruined. If this judge is willing to let him off with 90 days, you don't think he's going to be able to convince some school board to let him in? Even with the help of his dad and all his influential white friends? Give me a break. He can go from school to school to school, he doesn't even have to go with the luck of the draw as he did here. Just one school needs to let him in. I refuse to believe he'll be unable to get into school after this.