Posted on 10/30/2020 10:03:37 AM PDT by ammodotcom
You must not read your own posts.
If anything this 'website of conservatives' leans toward a light hand in regard to citizens being arrested or locked up.
Of course you haven't been around long enough to know what is or isn't a general tendency at Free Republic, but you've certainly been quick to adopt (and cling to) the noob's pissy little attitude and tone.
No. The Fedgov, without proper authority from Constitutional Amendment, MADE it a crime in 1934...
They made gun ownership a crime in 1934 as well... Lot's of unConstitutional crap came out of that era that the SCOTUS refuses to fix.
Which, proves the point. If you don't have enough criminals... Just pass another asinine law.
Thanks, newb. If you think the prisons are full of harmless, well-meaning citizens, I don’t know what to tell you, other than you’re a fool.
Any idea what percentage of prison inmates are doing time for insider trading? Just curious. Right now we have a sample size of one. Who’s been out for a decade, at least.
Amen. This is just a blogpimp’s stupid variation of “disparate impact.” And the retard libertarian wing of FR laps it up.
Thanks for trying to state MY case.
We see who is the fool.
Nope... But, I know quite a few people who have gone to jail over the years for bullsh*t weapons violations, collecting rain water, etc...
We need laws. Not arguing against that...
But... No one can make the case that our legal system is anything like what it was designed to be.
I’m not so sure Russia would be thrilled at the prospect at becoming our penal colony. I also don’t imagine the average American convict would be able to do anything more productive with 40 acres in Siberia other than die somewhere on them.
She actually wasn’t convicted for criminal insider trading charges. She served five months for lying about her sale of ImClone stock in 2001. Basically, she committed the cardinal sin of talking to the cops without a lawyer present. But it was worth it for all the jokes we got to make about making crafting candles out of commissary!
No actually, she was convicted of a process crime, lying to LEOs investigating the inside trading thing.
1) People need to learn to keep their mouths shut.
2) Prosecution of process crimes is out of control and needs reform.
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