Why was the original judge so lenient when sentencing a violent knife wielding criminal to a suspended sentence?

The foolishness overturned on appeal. He had already been convicted of robbery with a knife and committed the attack on the car with his zombie knife mot long after. https://news.sky.com/story/joshua-gardner-zombie-knife-attacker-jailed-for-three-and-a-half-years-as-judge-increases-sentence-11622348
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DGH is back !

The short answer is because the youth was black.

blue sky

This country has gone to the dogs...wrong people in the wrong job

because immigrants like him keep the judges, and other court officials busy, (meaning extra bu$iness for them). so they want him back out committing some more crimes soon, maybe selling some more drugs etc for the mafia bosses, etc

Anonymous

Leave the blicks alone, blick on blick crime is at an historical all time low

Daytonᴱᴺ

The original judge was dreadful. there was probably a shortage of prison space.