“I don’t know why a white woman of some means went home and an indigent Black man went back to prison. I don’t know why that happened. Maybe there’s a legitimate reason for that,” [Judge] Cook said. “But I know this: It doesn’t look good, that that man (Allen) went back to prison and Ms. Smith went home.”

“I sure don’t like the optics of it,” the judge said.

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Posted by rbchatelle on Thursday, December 23rd, 2021 @ 5:52PM
Categories: prisons and prisoners, Sex Offender Issues, Smith/Allen

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