▁ideas , ▁in ▁that ▁Judge ▁S ne pp ▁sent enced ▁Grant ▁to ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁education . ▁ ▁Problem s ▁with ▁testim ony ▁▁ ▁Judge ▁S ne pp ▁said ▁that ▁since ▁Grant ▁was ▁so ▁educated , ▁with ▁a ▁doctor ate , ▁he ▁" show ed ▁no ▁grat itude ▁to ▁society " ▁and ▁since ▁he ▁was ▁so ▁well ▁educated , ▁was ▁" an ▁extremely ▁dangerous ▁revolution ary ▁beyond ▁re h abil itation ." ▁Red dy ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁S ne pp , ▁dangerous ▁since ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁poet ▁and ▁able ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁tal ents ▁to ▁appeal ▁to ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁black s ▁and ▁revolution ize ▁their ▁ways ▁of ▁thinking . ▁S ne pp ▁gave ▁Parker ▁the ▁light est ▁sentence ▁since ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁de emed ▁as ▁harm ful ▁as ▁the ▁rest , ▁as ▁Parker ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁" e as ily ▁led ▁young ▁Black ▁du pe ." ▁ ▁S ne pp ▁knew ▁that ▁H ood ▁and ▁Washington ▁" are ▁not ▁exactly ▁A - 1 ▁citizens " ▁yet ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁use ▁their ▁testim ony ▁as ▁a ▁key ▁component ▁in ▁the ▁conv iction ▁of ▁the ▁Charlotte ▁Three . ▁The ▁cred ibility ▁given ▁to ▁Washington ▁and ▁his ▁statements ▁about ▁Grant ▁and ▁the ▁Charlotte ▁Three ▁were ▁not ▁question ed ▁during ▁the ▁trial , ▁but ▁should ▁have ▁been . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁" prime ▁suspect ▁in ▁five ▁mur ders ▁in ▁the ▁Charlotte ▁area " ▁and ▁yet ▁his ▁testim ony ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁put ▁men ▁with ▁clean ▁criminal ▁background s