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Anatomy of a Smear: How poor reporting trashed a Vermont judge (accuses FR of smearing idiot judge]
Vermont Guardian ^
| Feb 3, 2006
| By Will Hunter
Posted on 02/03/2006 1:48:58 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson
Cashman needs a padded cell as does the editor of the guardian. This clown then sentenced the perp to a minimum sentence in years that is less than the number of years he raped the child. Cashman and the perp ought to be spaced.
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:02:51 PM PST
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Jim Robinson
The article raises only one question in my mind: Did the prosecutor agree to a deal whereby the defendant would not be incarcerated for more than 90 days? If so, the prosecutor is also deserving of criticism.
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:03:13 PM PST
by
Williams
To: Jim Robinson
After reading the whole thing, I don't find the reports of the hearing to be very far from the facts.
- The judge sentenced the offender to a minimum of 60 days in jail, with greater, probationary, sentences as well. He could be out in 60 days. That sounds pretty accurate to me.
- The judge's comments were not quoted in their entirety, but the quotes seem to accurately capture the gist of what was said. This judge does not believe that punishment is necessarily effective. He seems to be slipping back to the 70's "rehabilitation" movement. :-/
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:03:14 PM PST
by
TChris
("Unless you act, you're going to lose your world." - Mark Steyn)
To: somniferum; Don Carlos
OMG! I did (get) quoted! Yep, they quoted your post #30, and they quoted the reply to you by Don Carlos at post 42.
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:04:31 PM PST
by
FFIGHTER
(Character Matters!)
To: Jim Robinson
The guy is still free after 60 days. So what if he has to seek a monthly appointment with a psychiatrist. He is still free to abuse again. If anything is misleading is this papers attempt to paper over the fact that the judge is letting a child molester go free with merely 60 days of jail.
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:04:32 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Williams
That's what I thought, too. If true, the prosecutor should be fired, as well.
To: Raycpa
And this is the first time I've ever actually heard the facts of the case. It's even worse than I thought.
To: Jim Robinson
The judicial system has become the ultimate joke. No one is safe.
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:06:37 PM PST
by
TheSpottedOwl
(As soon as I remember it, I'll type it in....)
To: Jim Robinson
I wonder if this fine publication was concerned about the smearing by democrat senators of judges like Miguel Estrada, Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Judge Pickering, and on down the list.
To: Jim Robinson
Another blog which promoted the WCAX story was freerepublic.com where postings were equally intemperate.Equally?!!!
Looks like we 'gotta try harder!
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:08:26 PM PST
by
johnny7
(“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
To: Jim Robinson
The boycot was the right call.
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:09:09 PM PST
by
bentover
To: Jim Robinson
Is it just me or does this kind of thing make you think the Judge, the prosecutor and the author of this piece might be child molesters themselves ? What else explains this behavior?
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:09:29 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Williams
The article raises only one question in my mind: Did the prosecutor agree to a deal whereby the defendant would not be incarcerated for more than 90 days? If so, the prosecutor is also deserving of criticism.From the article:
After a sound bite of Deputy States Attorney Nicole Andreson advocating an 8- to 20-year sentence for Hulett because punishment is a valid purpose,
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:09:44 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(I'm fat, I sleep most of the winter and I saw my shadow yesterday. Does that make me a groundhog?)
To: johnny7
To: Jim Robinson
Sighs - once again my inflamatory rhetoric is over looked by lame brained lefties.
Anyway, I like how we, right wing radio and television are to blame for a "mistake" made by a local reporter. If they're mad, they should go talk to whoever made the original mistake.
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:10:12 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
To: Jim Robinson
Seems like the judge had multiple opportunities clear the air, state his case, etc.
I know O'Reilly tried to get him on.
Of course, the judge probably knew his story wouldn't hold up for long.
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:10:47 PM PST
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Tzimisce
Anyway, I like how we, right wing radio and television are to blame for a "mistake" made by a local reporterYeah, who reported "60 Days" instead of "60 Days and a lot of probation".
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:11:21 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(I'm fat, I sleep most of the winter and I saw my shadow yesterday. Does that make me a groundhog?)
To: VeniVidiVici
Exactly. The writer boiled up ten thousand words in a outrageous attempt to prove that the judge actually sent the pedophile to prison for five years to life.
Typical leftist revisionist history and agitprop. The writer is trying to put all of the judge's critics in the wrong. The judge and the criminal are the true victims in this liberal fantasy.
The judge sent the pedophile to jail for 60 days for the serial sexual abuse of a child occurring over the span of several years. The judge also expressed quite clearly that he no longer believed that punishment for such crimes served any useful purpose.
First and foremost the judge wants to reform pedophiles, not imprison them. Pedophiles CANNOT be reformed. Their predatory habits can only be controlled to a greater or lesser extent.
The blogosphere, led by Free Republic, did a good job expressing the outrage of the larger community at this attempt to transform "justice for perverts" into "perverted justice."
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:12:03 PM PST
by
JCEccles
To: somniferum
OMG! I did quoted!
This made my day!
--Congrats!!
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