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Yonnie3

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2. I don't recall the exact sentences other than these
Tue Jun 4, 2024, 05:25 PM
Jun 2024

Here is a report on the non-sentence received by Colton Fears. This one pissed me off.

Colton Gene Fears, a 35-year-old resident of Pasadena, Texas, was sentenced Friday to five years behind bars. But that sentenced was drastically reduced by presiding Judge Claude Worrell, effectively rendering Fears' sentence the shortest of any of the participants who have thus far pleaded guilty to using fire to racially intimidate the night of Aug. 11, 2017.

"All suspended but time served," according to the clerk's worksheet filed in Albemarle County Circuit Court.

That means Fears got a little more than a month in jail, as the court record indicates that he was arrested Sept. 14 and released on bail when he pleaded guilty on Oct. 24. His personal recognizance bail allowed him to return home to Texas.


from https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/texas-man-who-participated-in-2017-torch-wielding-mob-at-uva-sentenced/article_bb15a432-21c8-11ef-9a70-df08100fdea3.html

His brother - William Henry Fears IV got a year which is the longest sentence. He has other pending court cases elsewhere.

see https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/a-year-for-fears-texas-man-gets-a-year-for-role-in-2017-torch-wielding/article_8f1d7d4e-0cc1-11ef-8f27-a367de14fd12.html

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