The prosecutor's explanation is such bullcrap. She states she lost a jury trial against a similarly situated defendant, so she gave this one a sweetheart plea deal. That sends a message to everyone in Waco that it is open season for innocent-looking men to commit rapes. This prosecutor needs to be taken off of sex crimes. She lost a jury trial. I lost a jury trial last year where I had them cold on the facts, I had a much better dog and pony show than the defense, I had the better experts, I had great cross examinations of their experts. I would change nothing about how I handled it. The jury deliberated 5 hours (that's long on a civil case) and came back with a defense verdict and multiple jurors in tears.
Sometimes you lose. You just have to get back up there and try again. If you can't do that as a trial lawyer, there's always document review work.
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