Update on the Marc Wilson Case 8/16

My sources tell me that the plea bargain offered Marc Wilson by the prosecution was fifteen years in prison. The defense asked for first offender status, which would have given Wilson a clean record after serving his sentence. However, unless they are totally incompetent, the defense team must have known that the charges against Wilson — felony murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — are not eligible under the first offender statute. Therefore, as of this writing, it looks as though they are going to take their chances at trial. Tomorrow is the deadline for accepting the plea.

It is not hard to figure out what the defense is thinking. They are hoping to get enough blacks on the jury to get a hung jury, in which case Wilson has to be retried and is free on bond in the interim. Or, they may want to see how the trial progresses. Once it starts going against them, they may ask for a plea deal. However, the DA at that point may up the ante from fifteen years.

Either way, if it goes to trial, we have to show up to show support for Haley’s family, the prosecution, and the jury itself. The race hustlers have been spouting off on social media that this is a racial justice cause. They hope to draw protestors and big name race hustlers like Al Sharpton to the trial to intimidate the jurors. We need to have our own people there.

New updates will be forthcoming.