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My god they're going to imprison the poor guy forever without a trial, won't they?
The feds didn't get him on murder. My first thought when I saw this is that he has very clever defense attorneys that at least managed to frustrate the state prosecutors by having him plead to a federal non-murder charge that could shut down the State murder case through double jeopardy.
I can't remember any other time in my life that I've been hoping somebody would get off on a technicality
As a conspiracy theorist: The bigger question is, I wonder what they're distracting us from this week? They're gonna hold him to use his presence as a distraction when they need one. Other than that, he is a suspected murderer and they'll use that as the official reason for holding him but we all know, deep down inside, he's now a tool to be used to distract us.
So we should all be asking the questions: Who are we invading this week? Where's the next biggest arsenal shipment heading? Who's going to be teaming up with Israel this week? Is Germany teaming up with Israel the will of the US or is it defeatism?
What is going on that they just plopped him into the news?
They cannot do that. If they aren't going to try him, they must release him.
The rich fear jury nullification will encourage more justice, so they made up some bullshit.
So meanwhile, has he gotten the healthcare yet that United denied him?? Let us not forget that was the impetus of his prison martyrdom.
Well, this man will never be tried.
Good. He did nothing wrong
But he will also be stuck as prisoner of this farce of a justice system for ever.
What does this mean for the non-lawyers still curious?
Can’t be tried for the same crime twice. So if he pleads guilty in federal court then he can’t be tried again in state court.
Didn’t the feds want him so to a death sentence though?
Any death penalty charges were thrown out a while ago iirc. I think life in prison is the max he can get now.
And sentencing guidelines suggest 25-30 years for what he plead guilty too.
So if he gets the guideline amount, good behaviour in prison, and state case dropped, could easily be walking free in his early 50s.
Probably a smart play by him tbh. Plus federal prisons tend to be much less horrible conditions than state prisons.
Bondi tried to encourage it.
Confused here.
So it's to plead guilty to a lesser sentence, so in attempt to void the same crime with a heavier sentence?
Pretty much ya. Specifically because the state murder charges are in NY. This wouldn't fly everywhere.
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