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I think that’s the one where his daughter was raped
It takes a cartoonish level of cruelty that your verdict sounds like a made up rage bait article that tries way too hard.
Fuck you. I hope they get the same treatment as kiddy fiddlers in prison.
I may have laughed when I read this line from the judge, “You brought these kids to West Virginia, a place as I know as almost heaven and put them in hell,” Either she has a lot of pride for West Virginia or the cartoonist part was present during the trial as well.
"Almost heaven, West Virginia. Blue Ridge Mountains, Shanendoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees.
Younger than the mountains, growing like the breeze.
Country roads,, take me home, to the place I belong"
Funny thing about that--the authors had no significant ties to West Virginia and were instead inspired by a road trip through Maryland. https://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/john-denver-country-roads/
Trump pardons incoming
State not federal.
Do rules matter now?
While I get what you mean, they were arrested, detained, charged, and convicted by the state. They will be in a state prison. Unless Trump is going to send the military to raid the prison, I don't see the state changing its mind.
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Good. In the USA, slavery isn't ok for private citizens. Only prisons are allowed to engage in blatant actual slavery.
When they change illegal immigration to be a felony, all those people in the deportation camps can legally be put right back in use!
… they took our jerbs?
“You brought these kids to West Virginia, a place as I know as almost heaven and put them in hell. The court will now put you in yours. May God have mercy on your souls, because this court will not."
Circuit Court Judge MaryClaire Akers
That's kinda fire actually
Reminder that West Virginia exists exclusively because of slavery. Especially that part of Appalachia was a HUGE haven for self emancipated people and free black people alike, because if you get deep enough into the mountains, you basically cease to exist as a legal entity unless people want to put a significant amount of effort into reaching you and the same amount in extricating you.
I always find the people here with Confederate flags claiming it's about heritage to be the most ridiculous. The state was founded during the Civil War and is the part of Virginia that stayed with the Union, how in the everloving fuck is a Confederate flag part of our heritage?
If it was about heritage, it would be half-burned and covered in boot prints.
It was also arguably the heart of Ol' John Browns crusade against twisted institution of slavery. I usually find Evangelicals both living and dead to be morally reprehensible weaklings who take their own gods name in vain, John Brown is one of the few I would be willing to shake the hand of.
John Brown did nothing wrong.
“I just want the court to know that I have made mistakes I am very sorry for that and I love my children and I have never, ever, done anything to my ... children to harm them intentionally,”
So what, you just accidentally locked them in a shed and forced them into slave labor? What the fuck is this apology.
I wonder if they have biological children and meant them.
Source: haven't read the article.
Edit: read the article. Still don't know.
Even though by the time the hearing commences, the judge has already usually decided on the sentence, every competent criminal defence lawyer will advise their client to grovel and beg for mercy at the sentencing for two reasons:
- Acting recalcitrant could upset the judge and result in a heavier sentence than the judge originally planned because they feel a need to make an example of the defendant.
- Not being apologetic damages your future chances of parole when the parole board looks at the tape or record of the sentencing.
Ah, yes, the parole they might receive when the parole board reviews their case in [checks watch] 80-100 years.
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Pro-Tip for any actual monsters hiding in human skin: deflection of all wrongdoing is not a great apology.
This is America.
Don't catch me slippin tho
Oligarchs next?
They don't deserve prison
Yes, we need a few of these. There are 759 billionaires in the USA. That would easily wear one out and break it.
I say, the duller the blade, the better. Maybe it'll take a few hacks to really get those heads rolling. Who cares? A few minutes of pain is nothing compared to the thousands of lives they've walked all over
Who cares?
I do. If I was in favor of casual and unnecessary suffering I'd be a hypocrite for guillitong people over their lax attitudes towards casual and unnecessary suffering. I don't believe in "it's ok when we do it". I don't want to live in a society where it's considered acceptable.
Nearly Headless Billionaire
Slavers should be shot
John brown smiles upon you:
John brown did nothing wrong
He did a lot wrong, but the failure to ensure adequate equipment and training for his troops is to a degree expected when running a guerrilla crusade.
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Morally wrong, no. Tactically he made enough errors to get himself killed.
John Brown's body lies molding in the grave, oh John Browns body lies molding in the grave, John Browns body lies molding in the grave but his soul goes marching on /lyr
Death is a mercy. Unless you meant "in the spine."
I don't care about "mercy" I just want them removed from the world as efficiently as possible.
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What the fucking fuck?
Watch donald pardon them and give them a job doing ethics or bs. He wants outrage
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