You're being elected to do your damn job, to bring prosecutions, and to put people in jail.

But when the prosecutor rolls over and dies, you don't have a justice system.

It's lawless, and it's just getting worse and worse and worse.

It's so difficult to live in any city right now because of that kind of mess.

Hello, and welcome to the best case, worst case.

This is Jim Clemente, retired FBI profiled former New York City prosecutor and writer producer of criminal minds and criminal minds evolution.

And with me today finally is.

Hi, everybody. It's Francie Hakes, former state and federal prosecutor and executive producer and writer on audible breaking justice, the cane Velasquez story.

Jim, I'm back. I know you're excited.

I'm trying to see is that the word is that the word you're looking for to all our listeners. I've been on vacation.

My husband and I had our 25th anniversary. And so we went on a big Caribbean trip. And I'm sorry that I was gone so long, but I'm really not sorry.

I was gone so long because it was pretty amazing. And I hope all of you will follow me on Instagram under at francey Hakes or at best case, worst case and see the photographs of the trip.

I want to talk to you about this.

Kelly, our Kelly has been sentenced to an additional 20 years on federal charges for child pornography and soliciting a minor. And that's a, that's a great thing because he had already been sentenced to 30 years on local charges for sex trafficking.

Yeah, for yeah, for sex trafficking. And but here's the thing, francey, the judge made 19 of the 20 years concurrent.

Concerned with the state sentence.

What?

Wait, concurrent with each other.

Or concurrent with the state sentence.

With the state sentence.

Well, that's okay. One year is going to be added. The federal charges only add one year to his sentence.

Yeah, but, but not exactly because so here's what's happened. Here's what happens. He'll serve his state sentence. Let's, it's in California, right?

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