Program Rice in is rarely granted
TRENTON, N.J. -- The pretrial intervention program offered to Ray Rice in the assault case involving his wife was granted in less than 1 percent of all domestic violence assault cases from 2010-13 that were resolved, according to New Jersey Judiciary data obtained Friday by "Outside the Lines."
Rice and his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, were arrested on Feb. 15 and charged with simple assault after an incident at an Atlantic City casino. Janay's charges were later dropped, but on March 27, an Atlantic City grand jury increased Ray Rice's assault charge to aggravated assault-bodily injury in the third degree causing bodily harm and one count of simple assault. If convicted of the felony, Rice faced a penalty of three to five years in prison.
Rice's defense attorney, Michael J. Diamondstein of Philadelphia, applied for and was granted pre-trial intervention for Rice, a remedy that allows defendants to avoid conviction if they complete a court-ordered set of requirements. According to New Jersey's pre-trial intervention website, PTI is a used in criminal cases that don't involve "violence" and for "victimless crimes."
The data obtained by "Outside the Lines" indicate the outcome Rice received is extremely rare.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/11514871/judicial-figures-show-ray-rice-deal-offered-rarely
Hmmm...did someone from the NFL make some phone calls?
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