Point/Counterpoint: Was The Sentence Too Lenient?
Published: December 7th, 2007
By: Jeff Genung

Evening Sun reporters love to argue. In this feature, sides of the argument were chosen arbitrarily and do not necessarily reflect the author’s true viewpoints. This week, Nicholas Simonds pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and was sentenced to six months in the local jail beginning in January. Simonds helped his neighbor and close friend Robert R. Reynolds move the body of Joshua D. Richheimer, whom Reynolds killed in self defense. Some felt that this was a weak sentence for such a crime while others felt it was in the best interest of justice. Here is our debate on the subject.

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