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What’s the deal with this judge again?

Let’s see, Ashleigh Noland stabs another woman in the neck and, after pleading guilty, gets four years probation for a major felony (“

Tyler Smith pleads guilty for felony evading for his 20 minute chase with police and gets three years in “community corrections” (“Man who led police on 20-minute chase avoids jail time,” June 21). Another Herringer decision from the bench.

Excerpt from the article:

“Smith’s wife, Veronica Smith, told Judge Herringer her husband suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from his previous interactions with police and, when he saw a sheriff’s deputy chasing him, fled for fear of going back to prison.”

Am I dreaming here? Smith’s PTSD is from previous police contact?

This looks more like “puppy court.”

David Ohman

Durango