782

wrong, he had pics of pre pubescent girls on his computer.

783

Where’s the story about him pleading guilty.

Provide a link, please.

So that the forum can discuss it.

Allan

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read the links, i’m not going to read them for you. the only reason i know that, is i did read them.

785

There is no link in this thread.

Allan

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likely in another then. doesn’t change anything. the facts are what was on his computer was kiddie porn with pre pubescent girls. he pled guilty under subsection (a)5 to avoid prosecution under subsection (a)2 and its 5 year minimum. And the judge lamented about how sorry she was for his family and him. for the most part I support plea bargains. most deliver a just outcome. some however are agregious miscarriages of justice delivering the perp from justice and leaving the victim without it. in a case of child sexual abuse, of which possession of such is a contributing factor to the abuse, this is just not enough. the plea bargain should have been rejected by the judge with instruction to charge him under the appropriate section of the law. at minimum, in accepting the plea, she should have accepted the prosecutions recommendation on sentencing and not cut it and lamented about how sorry she was for him.

787

And what was the prosecutors recommendation for sentence

Did they discuss it with the perps lawyers during the plea deal?

I am sure the prosecutors know there is no mandatory for simple possession.

If they wanted him to serve 5 or more the best way to do it is not to depend on a judge but to prosecute and convict under the law that has a mandatory sentence.

Allan

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^^^^^^^^ Justice Clarence Thomas approved this post ^^^^^^^^^^^^

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even the prosecutions recommendation was not adequate (6 months). clearly we agree he should have either gotten more time from the deal or been charged under the appropriate section of the law. the judge (not just this one–any one) should have either rejected the deal or accepted the plea but rejected the sentencing recommendation, given him more time and deffinitely NOT lamented about how sorry she was for him and his family.

790

As I said, maybe they didn’t have enough evidence for the distribution charge.

CP is a difficult crime according to this article

“To be sure, well-adjusted people, if they had to view these images as investigators do, would be sickened. Still, when we talk about consumers, we are not talking about people engaged in the atrocious conduct that produced the images. It is rational to criminalize consumption offenses because they contribute indirectly (if usually unthinkingly) to the atrocious production conduct. If there were no market for the images, many fewer of them would be produced, and theoretically there would be less sexual abuse of children. Yet the criminal law makes these kinds of distinctions all the time. The offender who commits a gruesome murder is orders of magnitude more culpable than the associate who helps him get rid of the murder weapon — suspecting but not necessarily knowing what the weapon was used for. They’re both guilty of crimes, and we might broadly refer to both as “complicit in murder.” But they’re not nearly on a par; people understand why the murderer gets life imprisonment but his low-level conspirator gets a very light sentence.“

Allan

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Yea I’m sure you were on the fence up until that question
lol

792

Let’s just say, what some condemned her for, I did not agree.

793

It’s all performative.

That’s. good summary BTW. Well done.

794

As with the pedophile nonsense, Grahm is distorting her position.

795

Janice Rogers Brown

Brandon helped block her.

796

Today is the last day of confirmation hearings. Should be fun! Also, Ted Cruz out here doing God’s work.

797

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bongino-ketanji-brown-jackson-disqualified-herself-with-this-single-claim/ar-AAVqdxD?ocid=msedgntp

Oh, oh
it appears Dan Bongino is reading my posts
and agrees? :sunglasses: :tumbler_glass:

798

“According to Bongino, Jackson disqualified herself when she claimed not to be able to define what a woman is.”

Oh the mental gymnastics.

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Can you?
I assume you can, so why shouldn’t a USSC nominee who IS a woman not even attempt to answer the question?

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Have you seen the news story about Cruz checking his Twitter for likes and retweets and such after his question period?

Pretty much proof positive this is an exercise in grandstanding

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Can you provide some context in how the question should be answered?

Birth Certificate?

Hormone tests?

Chromosomes to determine if the individual is XX or XY?

Does the person have breasts/vagina or no breasts does have a penis?

WW

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