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The Daily Advertiser: Judge makes bad statement with ruling

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The Daily Advertiser: Judge makes bad statement with ruling
 
Column by Glenn Guilbeau
 
BATON ROUGE — Call it Cajun Justice.
 
Look for Baton Rouge defense attorney Marci Blaize to become the new lawyer of choice for arrested LSU athletes. That can be quite a profitable enterprise, particularly considering the last few years, and particularly when the judges are LSU alums and probably LSU football fans.
 
Blaize got the twice-arrested, twice-guilty-pleading Jeremy Hill off in a blaze of glory Monday with a well-disguised, two-minute defense that would have won the Alabama game for the Tigers last year.
 
They were both misdemeanor charges, but one was a violent, premeditated sucker punch caught on tape for the simple battery charge while the other was implied violence toward a 14-year-old girl for the carnal knowledge charge. What a guy!
 
If you watch the video of the punch, Hill looks much more guilty than former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson, who was charged with felony second degree battery for kicking a man while he was already down in 2011. Had Hill’s victim not been able to take the punch like Rocky, Hill may have been charged with a felony, too. ...
 
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20130806/SPORTS0101/308060003/Judge-makes-bad-statement-ruling?nclick_check=1
 

Atomic Frawg

Full Member
Wow. Apparently, all of the judges who gave Hill probation were LSU grads. Go figure. At least this writer had enough starch to call them out, including Miles. But then you see the first comment, and you're reminded that Louisiana doesn't do too well in the area of public education.
 

helcap

Full Member
Atomic Frawg said:
Wow. Apparently, all of the judges who gave Hill probation were LSU grads. Go figure. At least this writer had enough starch to call them out, including Miles. But then you see the first comment, and you're reminded that Louisiana doesn't do too well in the area of public education.
This is why TCU needs a law school :smile:
 

tcufrogprince1

Active Member
Good for this writer!  This type of "justice" does nothing for anyone.  That kid is going to continue thinking he can get away with bad behavior and when LSU is done with him, they will be done with him.  Lets hope he doesn't become the sad story by screwing up again and getting shut out of the NFL.
 

Lone Frog

Active Member
This might have been the most interesting part of the whole story...
 
LSU coach Les Miles said the team voted him back on unanimously, and if he would not have won the election he would not be back. Really? He didn’t tell you that anyone who dissented who wasn’t a starter would be suspended.
 

middle man

Active Member
I think it was the same judge both times. She had also just recieved an award for distinguished LSU law center alum last year. Go figure.
 

Kipster198

Active Member
I love this quote at the end of the article:
 
"Oh, and there’s this. During Hill’s apology, he said he was going “to continue to be a role model for the kids in the community.”"
 
Stay classy, Hill, Miles, and LSU.
 
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