The sentencing of Karl Thompson Jr. will supposedly take place in a Spokane federal courtroom this morning, 
proving I had it all wrong. Apparently, there is a limit on how much justice-avoiding hocus-pocus a gang of defense shysters can get away with when the public is stuck signing the checks. Or is there? I keep getting this nervous twitch that won’t go away. Expect another defense loco-motion, says the twitch. Something – anything – to keep Thompson from having to account for the violence he unleashed as a Spokane police officer upon a luckless citizen named Otto Zehm. You know, like maybe the Yakima courtroom where Thompson was convicted last fall was too chilly for the rendering of a proper verdict/Doug Clark, SR. More here. (Photo: Greg Sweat)
Question: Do you expect former Kootenai County sheriff's captain Karl Thompson to be incarcerated today?
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