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Old 09-10-2019, 12:20 PM
 
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Another sickening example of double standard justice system.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/college-s...162447335.html
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A University of Florida senior jailed on a charge of sexually assaulting a fellow student was released last week after a judge deemed him a “high-achieving student.”
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Old 09-10-2019, 12:21 PM
 
Location: King County, WA
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Future SCOTUS candidate in training.
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Old 09-10-2019, 01:01 PM
 
Location: Richmond,VA
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Future SCOTUS candidate in training.

Future leftwing SCOTUS candidate in training.


Fixed that for ya.
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Old 09-10-2019, 01:04 PM
 
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Wonder how much his White male privilege had a factor with this figurative slap on the wrist.
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Old 09-10-2019, 02:56 PM
 
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Reminds me of the grotesquely light sentence given to the guy who assaulted Rand Paul.
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Old 09-10-2019, 03:03 PM
 
Location: King County, WA
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Future leftwing SCOTUS candidate in training.

Fixed that for ya.
Mmm...

White, male, economics student?

Wrong. Odds are high he'll turn out conservative. But at least he isn't a lawyer.
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Old 09-10-2019, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Haiku
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Judges who have given out slaps on the wrist for rape tend to not get reelected. He is probably history.
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Old 09-10-2019, 03:33 PM
 
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Future SCOTUS candidate in training.
How you figure that?

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Wonder how much his White male privilege had a factor with this figurative slap on the wrist.
Or just a dolt of a judge. There are numerous examples of all races and genders getting slaps on the wrist for crimes.

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Mmm...

White, male, economics student?

Wrong. Odds are high he'll turn out conservative. But at least he isn't a lawyer.
I thought conservatives were the non-college educated according to some people?
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Old 09-10-2019, 03:34 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Wonder how much his White male privilege had a factor with this figurative slap on the wrist.

So does white privilege explain why Jussie Smollett got away with his crime(s)?
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Old 09-10-2019, 03:37 PM
 
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So he got bail for an alleged sex assault. It's not that big of a deal really.
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