A little praise for Judge Posner

Regular readers know that I have complained a lot about some of Judge Richard Posner’s sentencing rulings.  But, to show I am as happy to share praise as I am to share criticisms, let me give a shout-out to Judge Posner for his work today in US v. Radomski, No. 05-3792 (7th Cir. Jan 9, 2007) (available here).  Though not a sentencing opinion, Radomski closes with a paragraph that only a federal prosecutor couldn’t love:

There is no great mystery about why the jury nevertheless voted to convict Radomski. He did conspire with Zawistowski to commit a criminal act, as well as trying to kick one of the policemen who arrested him.  (Radomski is a former trainer of the Polish boxer Andrew Golota—the world’s most colorful boxer.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Golota.)  And his accomplice was in all likelihood a drug dealer.  But not having been charged with the crime he actually committed, Radomski is entitled to an acquittal.