Posted on 05/04/2024 5:40:56 AM PDT by george76
Authorities claim there's no need for sentencing hearing, bail option..
A state legal action in Pennsylvania is sparking outrage .. for the result it demanded: Two farmers arrested and jailed on 30-day sentences with no sentencing hearing and no option for bail.
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Their lawyer, Robert Barnes, charges, "This is the craziest thing I've every seen."
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This is an unlawful civil contempt order. There are certain procedures that must be followed in a civil contempt action and to our knowledge those were not followed here. Even if they had been followed, the maximum allowable punishment is 15 days in jail which must be conditional, with keys to your own jail cell – meaning there is a condition you can meet to immediately end your incarceration. None of that is true in this case.
The state claims this is a punishment for not complying with a subpoena to turn over documents, but an agency can’t just order anyone to turn over any document they please. For a subpoena to be valid, the jurisdictional validity of the subpoena must be established, and it has not been in this case. Both men had sought the advice of an attorney regarding the case and had been told that the Veterinary Medical Board had no jurisdiction over them, that the subpoena was therefore invalid, and that there was nothing Ethan and Rusty needed to do.
There is no evidence that Ethan or Rusty ever saw the order the state claims to have mailed to them last August which threatened them with arrest if they did not comply.
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his clients were "denied the ability to see the case against them or NoBull Solutions because the state had the docket sealed and hidden
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It’s a wonder the Authorities(LOL) didn’t shoot them ,D’oh
The farmers have a serious problem
They are not Black
This is a civil matter. Arrogant administrators.
Two men jailed in Lancaster and York Counties, attorney claims they are being held illegally
Government officials never miss an opportunity to get more and more power and to fully exercise that power.
Tyrants run amuck. Hopefully the state employees responsible will be fired and jailed. Public “servants” my a**.
Nothing will be done.
The right has allowed the left to pull this chit and this is where it gets you.
The only thing that has been done was done by an 18 yo kid in Wisconsin and since then nothing except recounting and telling everyone how many bullets we have.
Mails a notice, and if there is no response then a warrant goes out automatically.
No Due Process!??? Disgusting. Anyone, anytime, anyplace, any complaint now.
Probably outspoken critics of gogoverment.
So is it over? Why have any respect for the system at all now? People need to step up or soon SHTF. Who is going to acquiesce to a corrupt system that makes the rules up as they see fit? There is a whole paragraph about this in the Declaration of Independence.
The refrigerator was stocked with all kinds of medicines he needed to treat his cattle and horses since the closest Large Animal vet was 198 miles away.
You are more lenient than I am.
The USA was a good place in its time.
Apparently, they have lawyers who tell them they are not required to do so.
15 years is a long time to be running a business the state says you are required to have a license for, without one.
“ Mails a notice, and if there is no response then a warrant goes out automatically.”
Items are lost going through the postal service. I would think a document like this would require a signature upon delivery to certify it was delivered.
Their lawyer, Robert Barnes, charges, “This is the craziest thing I’ve every seen.”
I guess he hasn’t watched any of the coverage of the J6 POLITICAL PRISONERS, or any of the President in Exile Trump Dog & Pony Show Trial!
If they can do it to Trump, they can do it to you and me.
Pennsylvania is safe in the hands of the DemocRat overlords they continue to vote for. What’s the big deal?
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