Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-10-19 19:04:29 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 33FB6247EB3F2D340754A6C818F28C9CB2451092D0CEF79EA996BF128FD995B5
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Original Note:
David Richards was sentenced to 12 years, not two and the referenced 72 years is misleading. Prosecutors wanted him to serve the maximum for each crime he was convicted of consecutively, not concurrently which would have added up to 72 years. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2022/08/22/former-lenoir-city-pastor-argues-deserves-new-trial-rape-conviction/9672910002/ https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/18/knox-judge-steve-sword-criticism-david-lynn-richards/3706527002/
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