A writer that specializes in DV is going after the judge for being too hard, against a sexual predator. My God, these people exist!!!
https://twitter.com/quasimado

I don't care what she wrote...you had me at Huffington Post.

Nomination approved.

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Put me down for both sentences as well.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

What about the death sentence?

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She has a point, here. I was taken aback when I saw those comments to, thinking they might raise issues for Nassar to appeal.

Nomination denied, Jeltsen is right. Nassar deserves his sentence and a lot of good came from letting victims speak, but you must be able to see how this judge is really going into business for herself. I'm not a lawyer, I've never been convicted of anything, and I never got to follow through on jury duty because one case got settled on the steps and the other one got postponed, so I'm not familiar with how much judges speak their minds here, but I have a feeling this judge laid it on suspiciously thick. And Jeltsen's point about the fetishization of rape as de facto legal punishment is a good one that shouldn't go ignored.

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Also this judge needs to drop the idea that she isn't grandstanding for the media. Any judge should be removed from the bench if they say they've signed a defendant's "death warrant".

Danny B would have an on air aneurysm if the verdict got overturned because of the judges comments.

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She(Judge Aquilina) specifically stated the Constitution does not allow for cruel punishment. Interesting to see yourself and this HuffPost feminist on the front lines of defense for a child rapist.

denied, as others have said, these comments can give Nassar grounds to appeal and get the conviction overturned for a retrial.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

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I agree with the nomination being denied. A judge shouldn't say this.

I doubt there is any way it benefits the convicted but it's still not a great way to end things.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yeah this is a really bad look by her .

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

She said she'd sentence him to being raped if she could. I don't think that gets into mistrial territory, but it is a bit theatrical.

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Yeah, someone really needs to consider the rights of a man that raped over 100 girls.

I don't think any of us care about his rights. However, the statements can open grounds for him to fight the conviction. Thus they shouldn't have been made

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Based on her comments maybe he gets a new sentencing hearing with a different judge? Who cares.

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Nassar plead, I believe, so the worst that could happen is re-sentencing, whether that would be with the same judge I don't know, but it's probably a good idea for a higher court to take a look at a judge saying they would order a convict raped but for the Constitution.

No, not really.

Yes, someone does.

I'm not a lawyer like Regular Reader, good dolphin, or JLN, but my guess is that since he already was convicted she can say that she wishes he could be given a harsher sentence against the Constitution without it being a mistrial. It doesn't mean she judged him unfairly prior to the conviction.

Still, bad and useless thing to do.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

The victims, the taxpayers of Michigan, those who think the Constitutional ban of cruel and unusual punishment is good?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It does open the judge up for reprimand or censure, though, which I don't think would be totally unwarranted in this case, if only for the "death warrant" crack alone.

Odd coming from someone that likes to stand on their soapbox



Keep up fighting the good fight for those kiddie rapists, JLN.

I thought it was really out of line when she said his mom should have swallowed and he was gonna catch the hands of the law.

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So many "board lawyers" here...yet everyone is convinced a conviction can be overturned on a case in which the defendent already "plead". hmmm

Idiot. And I'm not even a lawyer.

That's going to disappoint Brick. He really looks up to you.

America, take note:

There are multiple people defending an actual child rapist in this thread.

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