I thought my son got an extreme sentence when he got 25 to 35 years for taking a plea for being with a 15 yr old whom he thought was 18. He was in his late 20's so that made it even worse. Now he in prison for the first time in maximum security. I get sick every time I go near the courthouse. I expected somewhere between 5 to 10 so when I heard the judge say it I almost passed out.

My heart goes out to anyone that has a loved one in trouble..

Here are a few examples of men, who went to trial, lost, and were given very long prison sentences. Some are from Oklahoma and I served time with them in the 1990's. With the Oklahoma offenders, you can see the dates of conviction and the state. There is also a breakdown of the years they received at jury trial.

BTW, I could fill 100 pages with these outrageously lengthy sentences, but just click the links provided.

A guy I served time with at the medium security prison in Oklahoma. He went to trial, lost, and was rewarded with a 3,200 year sentence. Tim was later exonerated with DNA evidence by Barry Scheck and the Innocence Project. He was an orderly on my unit. I read his trial transcripts at one time when I worked at night in the law library.

http://tinyurl.com/ok235bt

Here are two guys who racked up over 32,000 years for crimes in Oklahoma in the 1990's. Darron was a tutor with me in prison, but I did not know the other guy. These guys were actually guilty.

http://tinyurl.com/qgfra4n

Here is the fall partner of Darron's. I did not know him as he was at a different prison than I was.

http://tinyurl.com/pvsndva

Another tutor I served time with. He only received 125 years. I read his transcripts and he was not guilty of the crimes.

http://tinyurl.com/zn39wb5

Here is Darron Anderson. He will discharge his sentence in 9746, seven centuries from now. Yes, that is no typo, 9746.

http://tinyurl.com/cetnz87

Here is a 200 year sentence for child porn, a non-contact, non-violent crime. He was unwise and went to trial. I did not know him as he was from Arizona.

http://tinyurl.com/zr9bdup

The majority of these guys I actually knew in prison at one time or the other. They all went to trial and lost in Oklahoma. Most of these long sentence emanated from one incident, but the DA racked up the charges on them when they went to trial and the judge ran the charges consecutively rather than concurrently.

These guys are incentive enough that people should think very long and very hard before going to trial, especially in a Bible Belt state here in the United States.And, yes, it is true if a single juror holds out for an acquittal, the jury is considered hung and there is no conviction BUT, BUT the DA will just continue to retry the case until---1) he finally gets the jury he wants and gets a conviction, or 2) the poor defendant runs out of money and resources and just gives up. Either way it is a conviction for the DA.

Welcome to America.

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