State Senator Virgil Smith (D-Detroit) has been convicted of assault and sentenced to 10 months in jail and 5 years probation for shooting up his ex-wife's car with his rifle after she caught him in a compromising situation with a female.
There is apparently some question as to whether Sen. Smith will resign or be expelled. The good Senator has offered to resign as a part of his plea deal, but the judge rejected that part of the deal because he can't enforce it.
If Senator Smith doesn't resign, it seems to me that in order to maintain the high level of moral outrage displayed over the cases of Representatives Courser and Gamrat, the Senate should immediately expel Senator Smith.
Not defending Courser and Gamrat, but the House didn't even wait for them to be tried and convicted before expelling them. Seems like the Senate is a little behind the indignation curve on this one.
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