• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    5 months ago

    The fact that we have people on minor drug offenses serving years in prison, but these assholes are negotiating when, if ever, they’re going to maybe serve a few-month sentence is such an outrageous failure of the justice system, I feel like there’s really no way to solve any of these issues without just tearing the whole institution down and rebuilding it from the ground up with new, reasonable rules.

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      5 months ago

      I mean we could have a peaceful revolution like they did in Europe 5-10 years ago. They pretty much removed everybody and voted everybody new in. The most peaceful revolution on books.

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      5 months ago

      He’s awaiting appeal. The judge determines incarceration, house arrest, or a bail option during that time. That’s why he’s reporting to jail, and not prison.

      This doesn’t affect his sentence. Unless he wins appeal, he will be serving time in prison.

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        5 months ago

        A normal person would’ve been cuffed and led off to the cells pretty much immediately after sentencing, not scheduled a month afterward.

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          5 months ago

          Not true. It’s a nonviolent crime. House arrest is more common than incarceration while awaiting appeal.

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            5 months ago

            What are you talking about? Bannon isn’t awaiting trial; he’s been sentenced. It’s right there in the headline, FFS!

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                5 months ago

                Normal people sit in a cell serving their sentence while awaiting appeal. Only elite fascist fucks get the kid-glove treatment and run around free until the judges can’t come up with a fig leaf to keep entertaining their lawyers’ bullshit motions anymore.

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                  That’s not the case with most nonviolent crimes. There has to be reason for the judge to think that they’re at risk of committing more crime while awaiting appeal.