Not Setting A Good Example

What happened to actually holding people responsible for their actions?

OCEAN CITY, Md. – A judge, while acknowledging he believed a college football player was “guilty as sin,” acquitted him of charges related to a run-in with police after a lawyer argued that a conviction could end the player’s career.
Gregory D. Powell, 20, was charged with assaulting police and disorderly conduct after a June disturbance at a motel where police had ordered underage drinkers to pour out their beer.
Powell’s attorney told Judge R. Patrick Hayman during the non-jury trial that a conviction or probation could end Powell’s career as a wide receiver at the University of Maryland.
“Son, you are about to get an early Christmas present, because I know what effect a probation would have,” Hayman told the defendant Monday. “And it is a gift, because you are guilty as sin. I’m going to find you not guilty.”

That judge should be kicked off the bench.