Article: PORTSMOUTH PROSECUTORS NOW TAKING MORE FELONIES TO TRIAL.(LOCAL)

Byline: EARLE C. MOBLEY

The question, ``Does anybody go to jail in Portsmouth?'' delivered last week by U.S. Magistrate Judge Tommy E. Miller, underscores a very real perception among many inside and outside law enforcement that criminals are given light sentences by Portsmouth judges.

Certainly, Judge Miller's exaggerated comment comes from this perception. Distinguishing perception from reality is a common conflict of reason, one to which even the most learned and educated among us sometimes fall prey.

His comment came up during bond hearings for suspects recently arrested for trafficking drugs in Portsmouth. The prior convictions of these ...

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