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The money was for his care, he personally doesn't profit but someone is going to have to take care of him now...someone who DIDN'T molest a child or do anything wrong. We could just have put him in a lifelong care facility, but then someone would still have to pay THEM. Bottom line, money has to come from somewhere.
But yes, it's all over the freaking internet as some kind of "look what OBAMA did now!" propaganda piece. You really can't respect that.
I repeat; this story was posted previously on this forum. My outrage is neither selective nor timed, so you can save your comments for another poster. Click the following link, and do note the date.
The selective comment was to the reasons for it being brought up yesterday on many blogs and by the OP here.
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One of the things, i have not found, is the reasons for the reduced charges.
Usually prosecutors will not back down on alleged child molestation charges unless there is a really weak case (simply translated - it didn't happen). Then they will present a less charge to save face. Usually a defendant has no choice, since, a conviction, correct or wrong means life in prison, guilty to a less charge, in this case, gets you out and deported in a short time.
I'm sure his court appointed legal counsel would also go for the less.
Prosecutors hate to lose any cases (and high profile cases can make or brake a lawyer), so they will take any win, even if it means locking up someone innocent.
The selective comment was to the reasons for it being brought up yesterday on many blogs and by the OP here.
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One of the things, i have not found, is the reasons for the reduced charges.
Usually prosecutors will not back down on alleged child molestation charges unless there is a really weak case (simply translated - it didn't happen). Then they will present a less charge to save face. Usually a defendant has no choice, since, a conviction, correct or wrong means life in prison, guilty to a less charge, in this case, gets you out and deported in a short time.
I'm sure his court appointed legal counsel would also go for the less.
Prosecutors hate to lose any cases (and high profile cases can make or brake a lawyer), so they will take any win, even if it means locking up someone innocent.
Thanks for the clarification. I apologize for the misunderstanding.
"Ramirez's family was not told of the attack, a violation of a Sheriff's Department policy that requires notification of life-threatening injuries. Department spokesman Jim Amormino said jail supervisors might not have realized the extent of Ramirez's injuries.
The family learned that Ramirez was hospitalized when they made inquiries after attending two court dates in which he failed to appear. On June 9, the Sheriff's Department told them he was being held in a hospital jail ward, Narbey Ramirez said. The family made repeated trips to the hospital but were turned away by deputies until they obtained a court order on June 23 and were allowed to visit Ramirez for 15 minutes, Narbey Ramirez said.
Amormino said a jail supervisor had approved family visitation rights from the start of Ramirez's hospitalization and that he did not know why deputies didn't carry that order out.
Narbey Ramirez said her brother was in bad shape. "It was like he was a corpse," she said. The whites of his eyes had turned purple, and he was bruised from head to toe. He had a broken arm. The doctors said he had suffered damage to his brain stem, she said."
Oh, and Patricia Bates, the Supervisor of the Orange County Board of Supervisors (the entity that made this award) is a Republican.
You are aware that there really is no such thing as a conservative in CA, right? I was born and raised in that mess and I know very well that they don't walk the walk. The governor is a prime example.
ou are aware that there really is no such thing as a conservative in CA, right? I was born and raised in that mess and I know very well that they don't walk the walk. The governor is a prime example.
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