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The Stanford swimmer, the rape, and the letter the victim read in court

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Double Down, Jun 3, 2016.

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  1. Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!

    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! Well-Known Member

    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Dec 19, 2016
    #613
  2. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Language police trigger warning.

     
    dixiehack, Sep 13, 2017
    #614
  3. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Neutral Corner, Dec 2, 2017
    #615
  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Doesn't want sex offender registry trailing him for the rest of his life. Textbook case of someone with the financial means trying to buy a different outcome from the justice system than 98 percent of people are able to.

    What's striking about it. ... you have actual innocent people out there who don't feel they can get a fair shake, so they plead guilty to things to get lesser sentences rather than risk an assembly line trial with a half-asleep public defender. Then you have this guy, who got handed a gift because he had a decent lawyer and a judge who was essentially in his pocket. ... and that's not good enough for him. Hopefully, they quickly send him packing with a "no grounds for appeal," or whatever you'd call it. Would be great if they could somehow come back to him and tell him that upon review, he actually wasn't sentenced to enough time and he has to go back to a California prison, kind of like what they did to Oscar Pistorius in South Africa.
     
    The Big Ragu, Dec 2, 2017
    #616
  5. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Would be great, would be fair, will never happen.
     
    Neutral Corner, Dec 2, 2017
    #617
  6. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    TheSportsPredictor, May 7, 2018
    #618
  7. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    It doesn't look good today for Persky as he is likely to become the first California judge since 1932 to be recalled. Polls have narrowed in recent weeks, but it's still about 49 percent in favor/36 percent opposed. The glimmer of hope is some recent movement in the polls, almost all of which has been people moving from "undecided" to "opposed."

    Whether it was a political decision that backfired or he truly wasn't interested in fighting at first, the judge waited a long time to mount his campaign. By the time he got going, he was way down. I'm voting against the recall because his decision was well within the norms for such cases and followed recommendations.

    Notably, nearly all of the public support from court officers -- prosecutors and defense -- has been on the side of the judge. Those officials are saying if strict mandatory minimums become standard, the people hurt won't be the frat boys at Stanford, but low-income and minority defendants. Whitman used to point this out a lot, that the reaction (overreaction) to a specific set of circumstances can create a worse situation than the initial problem. But that was back when the site allowed discussion (and humor!), and that isn't allowed anymore so Whitman can't weigh in on this today.
     
    LongTimeListener, Jun 5, 2018
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  8. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Can @PW2 weigh in?
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jun 5, 2018
    #620
  9. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Meh ... it'd just be a bunch of suburban lawyerin' and bullshit details. Who needs that?
     
    doctorquant, Jun 5, 2018
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  10. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Old Tony?
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jun 5, 2018
    #622
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  11. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    We're pretty well stocked with lawyers anyway. With valuable trial experience, too.
     
    Slacker, Jun 5, 2018
    #623
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  12. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    We definitely get a very strong interpretation of First Amendment issues from the peanut gallery. It was especially insightful on the NFL kneeling thread.
     
    LongTimeListener, Jun 5, 2018
    #624
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