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"Roberts was found guilty of criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. Alston was convicted of criminal trespassing and interfering with governmental operati

"Roberts was found guilty of criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. Alston was convicted of criminal trespassing and interfering with governmental operations." Source: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/progress/2022/12/13/wetumpka-alabama-cat-ladies-found-guilty-on-all-four-charges/69722572007/ https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/progre...

culi 4y ago
The courthouse land is owned by the county... Isn't that public land? How could they be trespassing? Also, what the hell is their deal. These good samaritans are doing a public service that the gov't should've been funding but is clearly neglecting. Would they rather these cats continue to explode in population and devastate the local wildlife?
- dukeofdoom 4y ago
  Didn't some of the J6 defendants make the same appeal that they were protesting on public property, therefore could not be tress-passing. Judges are very good at figuring out a way to rule in a specific way. Their new favorite way seems to be latches, and standing. It can get to really dystopian rulings like a candidate challenging the way an election was conducted, being told they should have sued before they ran in the election. But if they sued before they ran in the election, the judge would probably dismiss it for lack of standing.
  - culi 4y ago
    Did the J6ers get a trespassing charge as well? I thought it was just... you know all the violence they threatened. And the insurrection they very loudly posted about on their social medias...
    - dukeofdoom 4y ago
      > Did the J6ers get a trespassing charge as well? I think there was something like 800 charged, and many did get charged with tresspassing as that was the easiest charge to lay. Just a quick search shows up this: "Griffin now faces the same conviction as a number of Capitol riot defendants who pleaded guilty to a single charge of illegally entering restricted grounds." https://www.cbs58.com/news/judge-finds-january-6-defendant-guilty-of-trespassing-on-capitol-grounds https://www.cbs58.com/news/judge-finds-january-6-defendant-g...
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culi 4y ago

The courthouse land is owned by the county... Isn't that public land? How could they be trespassing? Also, what the hell is their deal. These good samaritans are doing a public service that the gov't should've been funding but is clearly neglecting. Would they rather these cats continue to explode in population and devastate the local wildlife?

dukeofdoom 4y ago
Didn't some of the J6 defendants make the same appeal that they were protesting on public property, therefore could not be tress-passing. Judges are very good at figuring out a way to rule in a specific way. Their new favorite way seems to be latches, and standing. It can get to really dystopian rulings like a candidate challenging the way an election was conducted, being told they should have sued before they ran in the election. But if they sued before they ran in the election, the judge would probably dismiss it for lack of standing.
- culi 4y ago
  Did the J6ers get a trespassing charge as well? I thought it was just... you know all the violence they threatened. And the insurrection they very loudly posted about on their social medias...
  - dukeofdoom 4y ago
    > Did the J6ers get a trespassing charge as well? I think there was something like 800 charged, and many did get charged with tresspassing as that was the easiest charge to lay. Just a quick search shows up this: "Griffin now faces the same conviction as a number of Capitol riot defendants who pleaded guilty to a single charge of illegally entering restricted grounds." https://www.cbs58.com/news/judge-finds-january-6-defendant-guilty-of-trespassing-on-capitol-grounds https://www.cbs58.com/news/judge-finds-january-6-defendant-g...
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