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It seems cruel and unkind to punish someone for a crime they were tried for and found not guilty (on all counts) of.
by blitzar 2y ago
It seems cruel and unkind to punish someone for a crime they were tried for and found not guilty (on all counts) of.
- BoxFour 2y agoTrue, poor Al Capone!
- afthonos 2y agoSadly this is an explicit allowance of the justice system. :-/ There was a case about it, though I don’t have the reference handy.
- jajko 2y agoWhat is this, army of accounts for hire to sway sympathies like its election times? Most people in prisons, especially US prisons, are not anyhow threat to society. That 1 or 2 joints that got people in bible belt states for solid 2 years is one example. If you are questioning basis of basically every law system in place anywhere in the world, thats a fine discussion but please frame it like that. She is a criminal, fraud, liar, thief and god knows what else, in range of hundreds of millions. Jail for her, a long one, no special sympathy for nepo kids. Sort of litmus paper of whether US justice system still works as intended.