Posted on 06/26/2013 10:54:45 AM PDT by Nachum
We are hosed
Shouldn’t the charge be petty vandalism, and the sentence or fine related to the cost of scrubbing the sidewalks?
Pelosi’s inlaws can steal hundreds of Millions of dollars and walk, but a peon spends his life in prison for protesting.
Justice, Obama style
Have to say that the third world is looking freer and freer compared to the USSA.
“A judge has barred his attorney from mentioning freedom of speech during trial.”
What do you call an attorney with an IQ if less than 50?
Your Honor.
Don’t for a second believe that this story, and today’s Supreme Court ruling are not related.
You guys are really in trouble.
I guess they didn’t want him to practice his right to Free Speech, they should have given him 100 years so we’d not doubt what was in the heart of those who did the sentencing.
Interest-free loans? I think they meant loans that ended up costing Bank of America $4.5 billion.
what did he write?
Oh good lord. He used sidewalk chalk, make him clean it up.
Maybe a few hours of cleaning up trash, but thirteen years?
I can see why the judge’s ruling make sense. The case is about vandalism, not about the actual message. So the free speech argument is irrelevant.
If the law is written in such a way that the punishments for water-soluble chalk graffiti are too harsh, that is not an issue for the court to address. I do think the judge should use discretion in handing out the least harsh punishment allowed by law in this case, but still, he is within his judicial authority.
What am I missing here? If I am wrong, please explain why, without resorting to accusations of my being a troll or a closet fascist, which would only demonstrate the accuser’s inability to engage in rational discussion.
If I am wrong, enlighten me.
Good old USSA.
He’s the guy that can throw your sorry butt in jail on a contempt of court charge at the slightest whim.
Judges here (Silicon Valley) make it crystal clear that they will NOT tolerate “any of this jury nullification nonsense” in THEIR courts.
Re-posted with the generally accepted substitute word for nether orifice removed (as well as the entire context of Mr K’s posted question) in hopes of avoiding censorship.
Maybe he can use the Crayola defense.
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