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Judge in Providence grants defendant a break, asks him to "keep taking your kids fishing"
Summary
At a brief proceeding in the Municipal Court of Providence, a judge granted a defendant leniency on a minor charge and explicitly conditioned the break on the defendant continuing to take his children fishing, a detail the defendant and a courtroom commentator discussed during the exchange.
At a brief hearing in the Municipal Court of Providence, the judge told the defendant, "I'm gonna give you a break on this," and framed the court's leniency around the defendant's family routine: "On the condition, you continue to take your kids fishing," the judge said.
The defendant, identified in the courtroom as Christopher, thanked the judge and described his fishing routine. "I'm not from Providence. I'm from…
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