Tuesday Notebook: Pretending It's Normal (cont)

Steyn On-line ^ | September 11, 2023 | Mark Steyn

[Twotone]

Further to previous, I'm increasingly weirded out by the strange need of Conservative, Inc to pretend that what's going on is normal. I'm still on my Euro-sickbed, so I confess that American headlines break through the fog of medication only fitfully. Nevertheless, a few manage to make it. So:

~If you kill a teenager because you're worried he might be a "Republican extremist", you'll get five years in gaol with a year off because you've been under "house arrest" since last September - and anyway the media sob-sisters will happily finger the real perp. Moist but pointed headline from The New York Times:

A Small Town's Tragedy, Distorted by Trump's Megaphone

Shannon Brandt is the beneficiary of the usual crappy plea deal that makes a mockery of American "justice": He was charged with murder, but agreed to plead it down to manslaughter, and in return other charges - such as leaving the scene of the fatality - were dropped. But don't worry, his driver's license will be suspended for a year.

Plea deals are one of the most corrupting aspects of the dirty stinking rotten corrupt US "justice" system.

[elpadre]

Plea deals are the way of lazy prosecutors, or those with an ideological bent.

It takes time and effort to develop a case which I can forgo if I can make the perp agree to a plea.

or

If I can get the perp to agree to “facts” which help implicate a political opponent by copping a plea.

[Valpal1]

“Plea deals are one of the most corrupting aspects of the dirty stinking rotten corrupt US “justice” system.”

Victims or their families should be allowed to formally object to plea deals in court.

[Glad2bnuts]

Is Mark Steyn on his death-bed? Anybody know? It doesn’t seem he is doing cruise anymore, and he seems to be sending hints on his health...one step forward-three steps back.... Not encouraging.

[Twotone]

He was on the last cruise just a couple of months ago. But he’s frequently out from his regular gigs. Prayers needed for him. Big Time!

[Twotone]

Steyn is looking good here, if you’re able to open the link:

https://www.steynonline.com/13769/the-future-belongs-to-those-who-show-up

[Rummyfan]

If you kill a teenager because you're worried he might be a "Republican extremist", you'll get five years in gaol with a year off because you've been under "house arrest" since last September ...

Our justice system....

[Rummyfan]

Shannon Brandt is the beneficiary of the usual crappy plea deal that makes a mockery of American "justice": He was charged with murder, but agreed to plead it down to manslaughter, and in return other charges - such as leaving the scene of the fatality - were dropped. But don't worry, his driver's license will be suspended for a year.

Gawd....