The Playboy Forum

The Playboy ForumJudicial DiscretionSeveral Illinois judges are under fire for ignoring the state's new Class X crimes law that requires a mandatory six-year prison sentence for "serious" offenses, such as selling more than 30 grams of coke. The judges are accused of simply finding certain defendants guilty on lesser counts, regardless of the evidence, so they can give them less than the mandatory sentence. State's Attorney Bernard Carey made a big deal of this, implying that the judge...