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Does this person have 200M to pay back? If not, put him back in jail. It's insane someone would put kids as young as 8 years into detention, let alone profiting

Does this person have 200M to pay back? If not, put him back in jail. It's insane someone would put kids as young as 8 years into detention, let alone profiting from it.

cortesoft 4y ago
Well, one of them is still in jail and has been since 2011. He is scheduled to be released in 2035, when he is 85 years old. The other guy was also sentenced to prison in 2011, and was set to be released in 2026. However, he is currently on house arrest since 2020 because of Covid or something.
CWuestefeld 4y ago
It's hard to imagine a practical example of evil more clear than this judge.
RachelF 4y ago
It is probably because judges don't want to send their colleagues to jail. Same with big corporations, they can sign a "deferred prosecution agreement" pay a fine and CEO ever goes to jail.
- ars 4y ago
  It's in the article. Not only did they send them to Jail, one of them is still in jail, and the other is in home confinement. Given their age it may end up being a life sentence.
- cortesoft 4y ago
  Well, one guy was sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2011 and is still in jail. The other guy got 17.5 years in 2011 and is currently on house arrest since 2020. So I am not sure what you are talking about?
xxpor 4y ago
>Does this person have 200M to pay back? If not, put him back in jail The US doesn't have debtor's prisons. They should be in jail, but not because they can't pay fines.
- ALittleLight 4y ago
- calvinmorrison 4y ago
  Well the US government jailed the kids, they should be paying out.
  - eastbound 4y ago
    Yes, as usual, everyone in the chain of hierarchy of the judge should be jailed. If they didn’t know, it was their job to.
    - Ekaros 4y ago
      And if they were elected. I'm also all for throwing every voter in with the rest.
      - calvinmorrison 4y ago
        Do moral culpability when it comes to our failings as a nation, precisely because we have a democracy? Or, do we even really have a choice? With the coercive system in place one can hardly not interact with the government. Throwing a name in a hat to elect your local jailer doesn't make you morally culpable when you are essentially forced to participate. Eg, jury duty. You are threatened to show up under threat of fines or jailing. How can you say a jury is unbiased when they've been forced under threat of death to appear?
    - DiggyJohnson 4y ago
      You’d throw the clerk’s intern in jail? Seriously?
notsapiensatall 4y ago
FTA: >Another plaintiffs' attorney, Sol Weiss, said he would begin a probe of the judges' assets, but did not think they had any money to pay a judgment. Still, I find it hard to believe that two high-profile judges nearing retirement age could possibly be broke. Especially considering that they spent a significant part of their career taking kickbacks.
ada1981 4y ago
They won’t be able to pay the $200MM so it’s largely a publicly sentence. I’d think the state should be liable for not negligence for allowing these two to operate. Why do the kids have the burden here?

Does this person have 200M to pay back? If not, put him back in jail. It's insane someone would put kids as young as 8 years into detention, let alone profiting from it.

cortesoft 4y ago

Well, one of them is still in jail and has been since 2011. He is scheduled to be released in 2035, when he is 85 years old. The other guy was also sentenced to prison in 2011, and was set to be released in 2026. However, he is currently on house arrest since 2020 because of Covid or something.

CWuestefeld 4y ago

It's hard to imagine a practical example of evil more clear than this judge.

RachelF 4y ago

It is probably because judges don't want to send their colleagues to jail. Same with big corporations, they can sign a "deferred prosecution agreement" pay a fine and CEO ever goes to jail.

ars 4y ago
It's in the article. Not only did they send them to Jail, one of them is still in jail, and the other is in home confinement. Given their age it may end up being a life sentence.
cortesoft 4y ago
Well, one guy was sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2011 and is still in jail. The other guy got 17.5 years in 2011 and is currently on house arrest since 2020. So I am not sure what you are talking about?

xxpor 4y ago

>Does this person have 200M to pay back? If not, put him back in jail The US doesn't have debtor's prisons. They should be in jail, but not because they can't pay fines.

ALittleLight 4y ago
calvinmorrison 4y ago
Well the US government jailed the kids, they should be paying out.
- eastbound 4y ago
  Yes, as usual, everyone in the chain of hierarchy of the judge should be jailed. If they didn’t know, it was their job to.
  - Ekaros 4y ago
    And if they were elected. I'm also all for throwing every voter in with the rest.
    - calvinmorrison 4y ago
      Do moral culpability when it comes to our failings as a nation, precisely because we have a democracy? Or, do we even really have a choice? With the coercive system in place one can hardly not interact with the government. Throwing a name in a hat to elect your local jailer doesn't make you morally culpable when you are essentially forced to participate. Eg, jury duty. You are threatened to show up under threat of fines or jailing. How can you say a jury is unbiased when they've been forced under threat of death to appear?
  - DiggyJohnson 4y ago
    You’d throw the clerk’s intern in jail? Seriously?

notsapiensatall 4y ago

FTA: >Another plaintiffs' attorney, Sol Weiss, said he would begin a probe of the judges' assets, but did not think they had any money to pay a judgment. Still, I find it hard to believe that two high-profile judges nearing retirement age could possibly be broke. Especially considering that they spent a significant part of their career taking kickbacks.

ada1981 4y ago

They won’t be able to pay the $200MM so it’s largely a publicly sentence. I’d think the state should be liable for not negligence for allowing these two to operate. Why do the kids have the burden here?