SALEM – A Superior Court judge declined to lobby the escape case against Karl Lamont Hackney of Lynn, after the district attorney emphatically insisted she would not participate.”If he wants to plea, let him plea,” Assistant District Attorney Kristen R. Buxton told Judge Garry Inge Wednesday afternoon.Buxton went on to explain that her position is that she is refusing to participate in any lobby conference concerning this man, “given his lengthy history,” she said.”He is a menace,” she emphasized to Inge, with a “troubling past.””I am happy to prepare for a plea and make an argument if he wishes to elect to resolve this case and his other cases.”Buxton ack-nowledged that lobby conferences, which usually involve a prosecutor, defense lawyer and judge, are seen as a written guidance and tool. In many cases, all three discuss their positions and then a judge may or may not make a recommendation of what he would offer as a punishment. The recommendation is then related to the accused through his defense lawyer and then they decide if the penalty is appropriate, given the facts of the case.However, in this case, Buxton declined to take part, but did inform Inge she would recommend a 9-to-10-year state prison sentence on the escape charge, given the maximum is 10 years.Defense lawyer Christopher Norris said this is “especially troubling,” as he insisted on a lobby, pointing out the case was scheduled to be lobbied. Norris said that Hackney should be treated the same as others even if the prosecutor does not want to participate. He told Inge he was looking for a two-year prison term for Hackney.Buxton interjected, telling Inge, “I want it to be clear, this is the first time I’ve taken this position.”On the morning of Dec. 6, 2010, Hackney, 45 and a level 3 sex offender, bolted from Salem District Court in handcuffs. He was recaptured an hour later on Hawthorne Boulevard following an intense manhunt. He had been scheduled that day to be arraigned in Superior Court on assault and firearm charges.Hackney had sought to lobby the case in front of Inge, who was sitting Wednesday in Superior Court for the day, but the judge declined after a lengthy hearing, explaining that he might be willing to hear it today. At the time, the defense and prosecutor could argue their positions and he would impose a penalty.Hackney also has other firearm charges pending, which he denies.The case was continued until today.