Judge Mathis Reacts To Diddy Verdict, Gives Advice On Sentencing

Judge Mathis is reacting to the verdict in the Diddy trial ... and he's calling for Diddy to be sentenced like anyone else would.

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00:00I want to know what you think about the outcome of the trial and the not guilty

00:06verdict for the RICO and the sex trafficking. Well I never thought there

00:10was a RICO case that they could present and win. Sex trafficking that was

00:14questionable to me. I quite frankly didn't think it was sex trafficking which

00:18the essence of is taking a woman by force or coercion to do something she

00:23otherwise wouldn't want to do and doing it across state lines if it's federal. So

00:29I think that conviction was fair. On the other hand I believe that the fairness

00:36should also indicate fair sentencing and that's what we are looking to see what

00:42happens and I just think the judge should consider the case and the conviction as

00:46he would anyone else and that means first-time offenders 21 to 27 months

00:52whether he does it concurrently the two convictions or consecutively that's his

00:57prerogative because yes is he dangerous to the community I'm not sure at this

01:04point would he have gone after the witnesses I don't know if he's lost his

01:09left learned his lesson but what I also do know is that he needs help let's not

01:13overlook that he needs help otherwise he's gonna do it again I think they

01:17overcharged him I think they overcharged him based on what we've seen and with

01:21our own eyes and that's why much my compassion goes toward what I saw with

01:26my own eyes and that being Cassie being dragged and beaten so I think that was

01:32the reason is because it was so explosive what they what was seen by the media and

01:37by the public and so they acted accordingly but you got to know that the

01:42federal government they're about winning cases and they throw the whole they throw

01:48the garbage can at you and see what they see what's left with the jury Trump has

01:54mentioned that he is open to considering pardoning did he what do you think about

01:59that do you think he should or do you think did he should serve his time I

02:01think he should serve his time however however short it is on the other hand

02:07Trump I don't think he'll do it before the midterm elections because he has to

02:12satisfy those Republican women he has to account to them for his decision-making as

02:17it relates to the next congressional election now perhaps after that meaning

02:24three years from now or last act leaving office that's a possibility for sure a

02:30lot of people they stayed silent throughout the trial and now more people are

02:34coming out and you know speaking up for Diddy what are your thoughts on that you

02:39know I've seen a few different people today speak out who haven't spoken before

02:43and I'm curious what you think about that well you know I suggested that his

02:48loved one should be allowed to come and show comfortable I've heard murders cases

02:54when I was a sitting judge in Detroit you always had the family come in and the

02:57close friends they sit in even if they knew that the defendant their relative and

03:02loved one had committed the crimes I think now they're jumping on the bandwagon

03:07perhaps they didn't have the courage to state what I stated