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Originally posted by creslin:
How does a random ordinary person pay something like that?
I know I sure don't have half a mil layin around waiting for a fee.

He's an anesthesiologist. He can afford it.

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Originally posted by sdy:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...-settlement-n2540549

The man who violently attacked Senator Rand Paul while he was mowing his lawn in Kentucky, leaving him severely injured, has been ordered by a jury to pay $580,000 in damages .

A Kentucky jury on Wednesday awarded $375,000 in punitive damages and $200,000 for pain and suffering, plus $7,834 for medical expenses

How does a random ordinary person pay something like that?
I know I sure don't have half a mil layin around waiting for a fee.

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Originally posted by sdy:
Senator Rand Paul:

Part of my lung damaged by the 2017 assault had to be removed by surgery this weekend.

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Let the civil suits begin!

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Originally posted by Loswsmith:
Dude, over and done with months ago. See thread above.

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Sixth Circuit: 30-day sentence for Rand Paul attacker is too lenient


Two years, six broken ribs, several bouts of pneumonia, and one hernia surgery later, Rand Paul might finally get the justice he deserves.

In 2017, the Kentucky Republican was attacked by a neighbor while mowing his lawn. He ended up in the hospital and has been in and out several times since. Recently, Paul announced he had to have part of his lung removed due to the damage it sustained during the assault.

Paul’s neighbor, on the other hand, walked away with a mere 30-day prison sentence, which the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declared “substantively unreasonable” in a ruling released today.

The recommended sentencing for Rene Boucher, 60, who is still Paul’s next-door neighbor, was 21 months of jail time, although the maximum sentence for assaulting a member of Congress is 10 years. But the district court ruled that because this had been an “isolated,” “first time action” that was “strictly a dispute between neighbors,” and because of Boucher’s “excellent background,” Boucher deserved a minor sentence.

The federal government appealed Boucher’s 30-day sentencing, arguing that the seriousness of Paul’s injuries should necessitate a harsher sentencing. The Sixth Circuit agreed and argued Boucher’s personal background — his education, family, and community service — should not have had anything to do with his sentencing.

“These factors are disfavored for good reason,” the court wrote in its opinion ordering the district court to re-sentence Boucher. “To prioritize a defendant’s education, professional success, and standing in the community would give an additional leg up to defendants who are already in a privileged position ... That is why Congress and the [federal sentencing] Guidelines oppose a class-based system where accumulated wealth, education, and status serve as credits against a criminal sentence.”

The Sixth Circuit is correct. The only thing about Boucher that mattered was his willingness to attack another man — over the appearance of his yard, no less. Did Boucher’s college degree stop him from tackling Paul into the ground? Did his habitual community service stop him from hitting Paul over and over again?

Actions have consequences. Surely, the district court knows this. It’s time they held Boucher accountable for what he did because, right now, the only person suffering the consequences of Boucher’s attack is Rand Paul.