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"I am very glad the county prosecutor and judge reconsidered and got her out of jail, but she is not a hero," Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Tim Burke, who was at the rally, told the Enquirer. "What she did was criminal conduct and was particularly problematic because of her role as a poll worker."
Hamilton County Democratic Party Executive Director Caleb Faux, who was also at the rally, saw it as an attempt to portray Richardson as a martyr because of the lengthy sentence.
"There is some validity that the sentence was too harsh," Faux told the Enquirer. "But I don't see how you can hold her up as an example of somebody to be proud of. What she did was reprehensible."
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What she did was vote twice. For that she initially got five years. Many in the community viewed that as politically-motivated harshness, and pushed for reconsideration. A court agreed and she just got out on probation.
Some, in a community that often feels, with reason, victimized by the 'justice' system, felt this was a victory.
Some others are spinning this feeling as the worst thing since Atilla the Hun. Please.