Posted on 08/30/2017 4:31:27 PM PDT by Cheerio
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton canceled former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's upcoming sentencing hearing for his criminal contempt-of-court conviction, telling attorneys not to file replies to motions that were pending before his recent presidential pardon.
However, Bolton on Tuesday stopped short of throwing out the conviction based solely on Arpaio's request. Instead she ordered Arpaio and the U.S. Department of Justice, which is prosecuting the case, to file briefs on why she should or shouldn't grant Arpaio's request.
Bolton has scheduled oral arguments on the matter for Oct. 4, the day before Arpaio was supposed to be sentenced.
There is case law that says a pardon implies an admission of guilt, and that will have to be argued in open court.
(more @ link above)
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Yeah it sounds like it’s just a paper-work drill to officially close out all proceedings that were already initiated.
Barry Insane Soetoro has never admitted to doing anything WRONG in his entire life. Insane is the perfect example of the American ‘Affirmative Action’ best laid plan by the social warriors run amok. He has been coddled all his life and this is what you get America.
They want to play games, we should play games.
By OUR rules.
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