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Pair get 8 years for serving beer at party
Washington Times ^
| 2-12-03
| Washington Times
Posted on 02/12/2003 11:35:45 PM PST by ambrose
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:39:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: absurdsentence; alcohol; beer; friendsnotparents; irresponsibleparent; minorinposession; palsnotguardians; stupidparents; underagedrinking; whackjobjudge
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posted on
02/12/2003 11:35:45 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: ambrose
Down with the fascist police state!
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posted on
02/12/2003 11:36:29 PM PST
by
xm177e2
(smile) :-)
To: ambrose
A judge sentenced a husband and wife to eight years in jail Monday for supplying alcohol to teenagers at a birthday party for their son. At my high school graduation party, the county judge served the beer. We must have been 500 people at that party. It was wild.
Times have changed.
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posted on
02/12/2003 11:43:17 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: xm177e2
What's odd is they would plead guilty to these charges without the benefit of an enforceable plea bargain.
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posted on
02/12/2003 11:44:39 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: xm177e2
Down with the fascist police state!
Sheesh. The pair are guilty of their crimes, O fool. Only liberals and anarchists try to whine and moan over the consequences to actions. File this one under: "Actions Have Consequences."
To: Cultural Jihad
That the sentence was legal does not make it just.
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posted on
02/12/2003 11:58:58 PM PST
by
Defiant
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To: Defiant
Sounds like this judge really gave 'em 'justice', ie. 'just as' many years as the law allows.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:08:23 AM PST
by
ARepublicanForAllReasons
(Did every parent get 8 years for allowing their kids to attend?)
To: Cultural Jihad
File this one under: "Actions Have Consequences." Yes sir, Inspector Javert.
To: ambrose
good for him......
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:10:37 AM PST
by
cherry
To: ambrose
You only get offered a plea bargain when either 1) the evidence against you is weak, or 2) you have the bucks to engage in a major legal battle.
To: ambrose
Of course, there's another way to get a plea bargain, namely, turning state's evidence. But that wouldn't apply here.
They'll probably be out in about two and a half years.
To: Defiant; xm177e2
Defiant?
Interesting chosen name.
Just sentence? Wonder what the dead girl thinks about it from her eternal perspective.
Wonder what her parents think about it.
I suspect if it keeps one of those youth at the party from becoming alcoholic and crashing into yet another youth to the youth's death--the sentence will have been more than just.
Of course, the first part of the brain to be anesthetized by alcohol is the judgement center that decides what is too much/not enough; what is too close/not close enough etc.
Did you have anything to drink before responding to this post?
No, I'm not a teetottler. But I've counseled enough alcohol groups and individuals--I support the judge's decision. . . . though I think he should have let the community know his attitude toward such things beforehand. Nevertheless, the couple knew the law. They said F***-it to the law and to the lives and responsibilities of the teens at the party as well as to their own responsibilities as adults and role models. It's quite fitting to me for the law to turn around and respond in kind. They have reaped merely what they've sown.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:34:15 AM PST
by
Quix
(21st FREEPCARD FINISHED--going to get back to it soonish)
To: Quix
I cannot believe that I agree with you Quix!
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:39:09 AM PST
by
BullDog108
(delinda est islam)
To: ambrose
Eight years jail, for serving beer to teenagers?
What kind of fascist insanity is that? Or is this from The Onion?
To: Cultural Jihad
..only liberals and anarchists try to whine and moan over the consequences to actions. File this one under: "Actions Have Consequences."...(:^D)
You've become a complete parody of yourself, CJ. Sure you wouldn't feel more at home with the Taliban?
To: Quix
...I suspect if it keeps one of those youth at the party from becoming alcoholic and crashing into yet another youth to the youth's death--the sentence will have been more than just....Sure.
'For the children'... 'if it saves one life'... get back to the village, Hillary.
To: ambrose
Are you sure this story isn't dateline Tehran?
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:53:26 AM PST
by
zarf
(©2003 All Rights Preserved in a White Wine Sauce with Shallots)
To: ambrose
I don't dispute that the Robinsons broke the law, and had earned some punishment, but the prosecutors' motion is closer to reality. Eight years for buying beer and coolers for their kid's party isn't even funny. If somebody'd gotten hurt at this party, but then if somebody'd gotten hurt, they'd be facing a lot more serious charges. If I didn't know better, I'd suggest that Judge Johnson had been smoking something in chambers.
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:56:40 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(...but of course, some judges are that stupid without chemical assistance.)
To: ambrose
Clearly these are stupid and irresponsible people with respect to this single issue. But the sentence is, IMHO, way out of proportion.
I would like to hear details not mentioned -- for example, what happened to the principles in the drunk driving case where the girl was killed? And the person or persons who served their alcohol?
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