Unless the charges brought against him were completely fabricated, I'm not sure why everyone's rallying around him in such a public fashion. (OK, I may have $ome idea why, but that makes it even more distateful.)

because thats what some people do. and less understandable is why they rallied around martin grossman.

despite that I think that he had his fair day in court and was proven guilty, I do think the sentencing was overly harsh and should be lessened.

Some people? It seems like every popular Jewish singer is there.