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Ralph Northam Pardons Democrat State Senator Jailed For Underage Sex Crimes in His Final Act as Virginia Governor
Gateway Pundit ^ | Jan 16, 2022 | Christina Laila

Posted on 01/17/2022 9:40:09 AM PST by jcon40

Governor Blackface-Klansman Ralph Northam pardoned a Democrat who was jailed for underage sex crimes in his final act as Virginia governor.

Northam pardoned Democrat state senator Joe Morrissey, who was charged for having a sexual relationship with his 17-year-old law firm receptionist.

In 2014, Morrissey, who was 57 years old at the time, was sentenced to 12 months in jail for engaging in sex acts with a 17-year-old.

Morrissey married his receptionist after she turned 18 and they now have four children.

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To: Luke21
Do I think it's morally wrong, yes. I just don't think it rises to the level of jail time is all, especially if he is supporting her and they have kids to raise. I went older than myself when my wife and I decided to get together, a whole 3 days apart.


21 posted on 01/17/2022 10:17:04 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Luke21

If he was 19 having sex with a 17 year old it would have been a lot different.

At 57, how is he going to be able to look after his kids as well as his wife? If he dies at 80, his wife will be 40 and will likely have kids in college.


22 posted on 01/17/2022 10:18:01 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: jcon40

Gateway Pundit has some good writers and articles but their headlines are the worst kind of click bait. They seldom deliver within the article. I wish GP would use headlines which reflect the facts in the article.


23 posted on 01/17/2022 10:20:21 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: carriage_hill

Couldn’t find SPJNK in the acronym dictionary but you’ve got my curiosity.

A private reply is fine if it’s bad words.


24 posted on 01/17/2022 10:21:02 AM PST by jcon40 (Machinery is only as good as its design and quality of parts. A citizen is only as good as...)
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To: jcon40

No bad words, but you have mail.


25 posted on 01/17/2022 10:26:16 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Clutch Martin

“I’m not mistaken Virginia law is a couple years of separation in age is not a big deal but if there’s like 20 years difference yeah that’s a problem for Virginia lawmakers.”

Known as the Romeo and Juliet Exclusion.
The exclusion keeps 18-19 year olds from being jailed for dating a 16-17 year old. The exclusion was intended for couples in a romantic relationship who had marriage in mind at the appropriate time/age.
It wasn’t meant for 30 year olds trolling for 15-16 year olds.

North Carolina has the R&J exclusion as well AND NC allows 17 year olds to marry without parental consent. For many years 17 year old girls who found themselves inappropriately with child, single and knocked up, would slip to NC with the baby’s daddy to get married. Everyone knew that a “Carolina marriage” was a shotgun wedding without the shotgun.


26 posted on 01/17/2022 10:33:03 AM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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To: jcon40

Some people just need killing.


27 posted on 01/17/2022 10:34:42 AM PST by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: NautiNurse; Luke21

“Not a bit of difference between your story and a 57yo man and his 17yo secretary. Eeesh.”

The differences between an 18 y/o male with a 16 y/o female and a 57 year old with a 17 year old could fill galaxies.
As to life experiences and other things the 18 and 16 year olds have more in common than the 57 y/o and 17 y/o.

You’re comparing oranges to watermelons.


28 posted on 01/17/2022 10:38:36 AM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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To: Luke21
Not the story at large, you idiot.

Charming. Next you will tell us your nic "Luke21" has nothing to do with the New Testament.

29 posted on 01/17/2022 10:47:33 AM PST by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: jcon40

She was 17

I could care less


30 posted on 01/17/2022 10:50:19 AM PST by wardaddy (Do we really think a culture vested in transgenderism can defeat 6000 years of mankind so easily...)
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To: jcon40

They later got married and now have 4 children.

I would say that’s a good enough reason for pardon.

Although criminal prosecution WAS FAIR. The pardon was earned, later.


31 posted on 01/17/2022 10:55:44 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: wardaddy

my mom was 22 but most where 16 back then.


32 posted on 01/17/2022 11:00:06 AM PST by mylife (You believe that ? You don't believe me? Unbelievable!)
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To: jcon40

Oh, I thought the puke Northam would’ve wanted to go out on his last day in official office holding a 10 month old dead aborted fetus


33 posted on 01/17/2022 12:01:05 PM PST by drypowder
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To: ping jockey

Since it’s something Dems support, then yes I must. Not as “bad” as Mahomet’s “relationship” with Aisha but a very close second.


35 posted on 01/17/2022 12:46:08 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: mylife

My grandma was15

Fundies and fembots

An unholy alliance if ever there was one

Would raise consent to 21 if they could

Meanwhile fembots encourage women to be slutty like men

Empowerment they say

Quite the opposite I say


36 posted on 01/17/2022 2:35:51 PM PST by wardaddy (Do we really think a culture vested in transgenderism can defeat 6000 years of mankind so easily...)
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