Posted on 12/31/2022 4:34:49 AM PST by RandFan
A Missouri judge ruled on Wednesday that Mark McCloskey — the St. Louis lawyer who pointed a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters marching near his front lawn in 2020 — will not get his guns or his money back despite receiving a pardon last year.
McCloskey and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, pleaded guilty in July 2021 to misdemeanor charges for assault and harassment over the incident. The couple surrendered a Colt AR-15 rifle and a Bryco .380-caliber pistol as part of the plea agreement, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
However, after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) pardoned the McCloskeys in August 2021, Mark McCloskey filed a lawsuit seeking the return of the couple’s guns and a refund for fines they paid.
Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty rejected McCloskey’s request on Wednesday, noting that he and his wife are “required to follow through with their end of the bargain” despite the pardon, the Post-Dispatch reported.
“While the governor’s pardon does clear plaintiff’s record of the conviction, his guilt remains and the terms of an agreement that predicated said guilt also remains,” Morarity added.
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Time to move to a free state.
Sounds like this “judge” is confusing a pardon with a mere commutation. My understanding of a pardon is that it’s like nothing ever happened.
Jean Valjean would comprehend.
All they did was point their rifles at a crowd of useless eaters of color, to warn them off their property. As in get off of my grass.
As long as Deep State has the mechanisms available to steal elections, every state still free is on borrowed time.
Free states are just one stolen election away from disaster.
I no longer think we’re going to move away from this.
it sounds like “Judge” Joanie has her head up where the sun don’t shine.
Remember her. She needs to be impeached.
I wonder if anyone in BLM was held accountable for breaking down the gate to McCloskey’s neighborhood.
Know your jurisdiction, and know your local government stooges.
Where is Dexter when you need him?
You realize that they came back a week later and stalked the McCloskeys?
The judge is the problem. There is no legal means of removing the judge, but it must happen
The tyranny of the law must be ended
No, I did not hear that. Doesn’t surprise me. They can do anything they want and not be held accountable.
More theft by democrat party owned government.
Joan L. Moriarty is a judge for Division 20 of the Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court.
Moriarty was appointed to this seat on January 1, 1998 [by Democrat scumbucket Mel Carnahan, may p*ss be upon his name].
1987-1998: Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis County
They made the plea deal. They have to live with it. You can pardon them and release them but the fines etc are done.
I applied that lady that ran down a few protesters that refused a minor misdemeanor plea deal and chose instead to fight the other charges that will cost her 6 years in prison if she loses. You need to stand by your principles. These people didn’t and they’re paying a price.
I’m not saying that I would not buckle under the same pressure, though I hope I wouldn’t. However, if I did buckle I would not expect to get anything back if I ended up getting pardoned. Well anything other than my freedom.
I think the main job of a pardon is to end incarceration and clean your record. All fines paid and other things you gave up during the trial are gone forever.
The problem is they caved and did a plea deal.
Correct.
They pled guilty.
The State pardon does nothing to change that.
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