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brooklynite

(94,729 posts) Thu Feb 20, 2020, 12:07 PM Feb 2020

Judge in Roger Stone case needles Trump admin for reducing sentencing guidelines

Source: Raw Story

Judge Amy Berman Jackson seemed to take a swipe at Attorney General William Barr’s Justice Department over the sentencing recommendations for Roger Stone.

At a court hearing on Thursday, Jackson addressed the fact that prosecutors had asked for a more lenient sentence for Stone. The judge noted that it was unusual for the government to take the side of the defendant in criminal cases.

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Judge in Roger Stone case needles Trump admin for reducing sentencing guidelines (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2020 OP

The judge noted that it was unusual for the government to take the side of the turbinetree Feb 2020 #1

I love this judge ... and they are numerous others out there that are standing firm on ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #2

Thanks, that's good to know. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #3

The dockets will be heavily loaded with Turd's cronies after the grownups take the government back. lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #5

"unusual for the government to take the side of the defendant" lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #4

turbinetree

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1. The judge noted that it was unusual for the government to take the side of the

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 12:48 PM

Feb 2020

defendant in criminal cases............................touch'e...........................

November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough...........................

SWBTATTReg

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2. I love this judge ... and they are numerous others out there that are standing firm on ...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 01:03 PM

Feb 2020

the rule of law and order.

I have a little story myself in that I just talked to a friend of mine (a judge) and he cheered us up (4 of us were sitting at a table, and he leaned in), and said that they (he and others like him) are sticking hard and fast on the rule of law and order, and while some rump cronies seem to think that law and order doesn't apply, he said that they're going to find out the hard way that they are way wrong.

When he said that, I was happy (not overwhelmingly happy, but happy to know that they are good people who are still out there, that do care about law and order, and that justice is applied equally to all). Maybe, just maybe he knows something else that we didn't, but still, it sounded good to hear, that some do believe in the concept of law and order, and believe in holding it up.