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Sorry Fish just appears to be another one of those swinging you know what guys who things a bullet is the right solution to each problem. Want some comic reading, read is pre-sentencing statement; yeah he is sorry, he also details how he "could have covered up the crime, or put a screwdriver in the guys hand" Sure the judge was real impressed with that one.
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The judge, as proven by the reversal, is an idiot in this case, IMO.
Fish had the misguided belief that if he told the truth he would be OK. Sorry Virginia, but that doesn't always work in a timely manner. Fish was telling how he could've changed, or altered the scene, which is never a good idea by the way. He didn't do any of that. He told the truth, and yes, the truth finally won out, but at what cost?
I will say this, from what I know of the Fish case I most likely would've done the same thing.
There but for the grace of God go I. I have been Mirandized before, and been in three armed encounters that ended with no shots fired, thankfully. I have also had "political" pressure put upon others to have me fired from a LEO job. Thankfully the Investigators were truthful and not cowed by a self important SOB who is now doing time for corruption if the stories I hear are truthful.
I believe that there are no winners in a gunfight, only survivors. How could one believe that I think the solution to each and every problem is to use my gun? I am not some "swinging you know what" and use avoidance as much as possible. The thing is,
sometimes, like in the Fish case, violence is the only answer.
I don't find his Pre Sentence report to be comical at all, but rather sad. It is sad in that he was unable to mount an effective defense and was incarcerated with real criminals unjustly. When I worked in the prison system I would've treated Inmate Fish just like any other inmate, wrongly convicted or not.
I will have to disagree with certain people's assessment of the Fish case.
Biker