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Chip away the stone |
He's probably got MSNBC and CNN in a bidding war for his services as a commentator as we speak. | |||
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Info Guru |
Dereliction of duty at a bare minimum. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Unless evidence to the contrary surfaces, I consider it a *purely* political decision. | |||
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Political Cynic |
agreed the 'judge' was derelict and should be charged a travesty for the families of the victims where is Mattis and Kelly on this? [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Ethics, antics, and ballistics  |
The reason these types of rulings happen way too frequently, regardless of the case, is that judges have way too little accountability when it comes to doing their duty and excising their judgement. An opinion/ruling derelict of the facts and the law should count against judges like mistakes, oversights, and "doing whatever the hell you feel like" does in other occupations. They should have an annual independent review of judge rulings and allow them only a certain number of cases of "leeway" rulings per year or something along those lines. This is exactly why mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes / number of offenses have become more prominent. Many judges can't seem to balance compassion with accountability. -Dtech __________________________ "I've got a life to live, people to love, and a God to serve!" - sigmonkey "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." - Albert Einstein "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition" ― Rudyard Kipling | |||
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| Political Cynic |
I am convinced that the justice system is inappropriately named its geared towards the criminal so it should be called the Retribution System. Criminals need retribution, victims need justice. when you start wrong, you can't help but end wrong [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
SWMBO told me she read that the sentence had to be reviewed at two further superior levels. Maybe there is hope for justice yet. If not, someone will take care of this eventually. RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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| Political Cynic |
one can only hope that we can get justice...its a shame we have to rely on hope for what is right [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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"It's not the Wild West anymore, you can't just clean up the streets with a gun, even though sometimes, that's exactly what's needed" --- A.G. Russert ____________________ | |||
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| Info Guru |
The review can only lessen the sentence. After it's reviewed it will automatically be appealed (where it could be reduced). No chance of the punishment increasing from this point on. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/1...rgdahl-sentence.html
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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| Political Cynic |
can he throw it out and start again? [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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Glorious SPAM! |
I'd be willing to bet he ends up with a general discharge and full benefits. | |||
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| Info Guru |
No, from this point the convening authority can reduce the sentence or dismiss the charges - the sentence cannot be increased from this point forward. Bergdahl is appealing, hoping to have the charges dismissed or the sentence reduced. https://www.nolo.com/legal-enc...tial-conviction.html “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Will he get a free lunch at some restaurants on Veterans Day? Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Age Quod Agis |
It's coming anyway. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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Oh he might get something on Veteran's Day if I made the mistake to dine with real veterans, but I don't think I'd call it lunch. What an absolute travesty of justice. Apparently military judges are every bit as corrupt and contemptable as civilian judges are. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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The 2nd guarantees the 1st |
Shocked and disgusted! I was predicting 25 years and a DD. I cannot even imagine how those guys in his unit feel about this. "Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra | |||
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| A teetotaling beer aficionado  |
I would be perfectly happy with this sentence if they would tattoo his name and "traitor" on his forehead. Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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A prison sentence might have saved him from an unfortunate accident someday, but then it would probably have to have been solitary confinement to keep him safe in prison. ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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Next we'll hear from the ACLU how Hasan Akbar and Nidal Hasan should have their sentences commuted because they didn't have the benefit of white privilege like Bergdahl. | |||
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