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To: mairdie

I am not a lawyer but I do know that the constitution forbids exorbitant sentencing. I was in error stating that his conviction would be overturned - but the sentence was what I had in mind, and that based upon the eighth amendment.


62 posted on 12/07/2017 10:47:48 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

The 8th amendment forbids cruel and unusual punishments. It also forbids excessive fines. That did not prevent a judge in Oregon from imposing a fine well over $100,000 on the owner of a bakery for offending the feelings of a homosexual couple.


73 posted on 12/07/2017 11:43:19 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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