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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,464 posts)
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:15 PM Mar 2018

President Donald J. Trump Announces Bipartisan Group of Nominees to the United States Sentencing Com

Source: Whitehouse.gov

President Donald J. Trump Announces Bipartisan Group of Nominees to the United States Sentencing Commission

LAW & JUSTICE

Issued on: March 1, 2018

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to the United States Sentencing Commission:

If confirmed, Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of Alabama will serve as the Chairman of the United States Sentencing Commission.
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If confirmed, Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo of Pennsylvania will serve as a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.
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If confirmed, Judge Henry E. Hudson of Virginia will serve as a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.
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If confirmed, William Graham Otis of Virginia will serve as a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-bipartisan-group-nominees-united-states-sentencing-commission/



Commentary here:

"I Live to Put People in Jail": Here Are Trump's Nominees for the US Sentencing Commission

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016202477

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Otis

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/otis-william-g.cfm
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President Donald J. Trump Announces Bipartisan Group of Nominees to the United States Sentencing Com (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 OP
Trump wants higher sentences for drug offenders. Like that worked for crack, meth & cannabis. :eyes: Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #1
Everybody mad yet? Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #2
knew this was coming orangecrush Mar 2018 #3
Couple this with gun confiscation without due process dembotoz Mar 2018 #4

dembotoz

(16,806 posts)
4. Couple this with gun confiscation without due process
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:48 PM
Mar 2018

And the placement of prosecutors all over...I am nervous.
Expansion of police powers in the hands of a tyrant wanna be is never good

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