I would note I predicted the following out nearly 1 year ago. See post #401
https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....testers/page41
1. will not be felons
2. will not go to jail
3. will keep their law licenses
4. will still be millionaires and can cherry pick who they represent re personal injury and other plaintiff oriented litigation.
Standing on principles has its own costs.
a. Mr Mc is running for Sen to replace the retiring Sen Blunt. He needs this behind him
b. Mr and Mrs have millions of fees in the pipeline on pending cases and potentially tens of millions more in new business. Felony convictions mean no law licenses and potentially clients who do not get the results the want/need/deserve etc.
A 60 sec look at the docket indicates that the elected Circuit Atty and her entire staff were disqualified from the case. The Court appointed Richard G. Callahan as Special Prosecutor who billed the Court 1060 for 4.25 hours of work in resolving the case. Callahan is 30 yr plus atty who has been an atty in pvt practice, asst prosecutor, elected prosecutor, US atty and State Court judge.
https://www.lincolnu.edu/web/preside...ators/callahan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_G._Callahan
The judge who sentenced the case is a 30 year plus atty/Wash U (STL) law grad who has been on the bench for 20 + years and has taught at Wash U since 1989, albeit on an adjunct basis.
https://www.yourmissourijudges.org/j...david-c-mason/
Only slightly tongue in cheek, it seems like the adults finally got called in. They, in short order, got the same room and worked this thing out with very little muss or fuss.