When is Bannon going to prison?

[malaise]

Asking for a friend

[Ocelot II]

1. When his appeal is heard and decided.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. That pesky Constitution is slowing down vengeance

[Ocelot II]

3. TFG hasn't thought his Constitution-repealing idea through.

Without the Constitution his sorry orange ass would have been in prison a long time ago. But even with the Constitution working as it should, I do believe that day will come.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

6. This is true...

And I agree that a reckoning is coming.

[Effete Snob]

11. Which clause of the Constitution guarantees freedom pending appeal?

It's not a long document, so it should be easy to find.

Simpler yet, which part of the Constitution even suggests freedom pending appeal?

[Ocelot II]

12. It's true that the Constitution does not expressly guarantee the right to an appeal,

but many of SCOTUS' criminal procedure decisions have at least implicitly recognized that right. Also, the criminal procedural system relies on appellate remedies as part of fundamental due process. Whether a person can remain free under conditions pending appeal depends on the rules of the particular court where they were sentenced. You could argue that since an appellate court could overturn the defendant's conviction, he could be considered as at least possibly innocent and therefore entitled to supervised freedom unless/until there is a final determination that he is guilty.

But all this is way above my pay grade. I'm just engaging in legal woolgathering.

[tritsofme]

7. But I want it now!1!1

[jls4561]

4. Not soon enough

[Notek]

8. Heh,

Tell your friend that Bannon will go to prison when: hell freezes over, the pope shits in the woods, and a bear becomes a catholic.

[onecaliberal]

9. Never.

[lees1975]

10. That's a different America that Bannon lives in.

In our America, criminals go to jail. In the other America, those with money do as they please.

[onenote]

13. Actually, in America it is pretty common for those subject to short sentences to remain free pending

appeal.

In cases that don't involve a violent crime and with a sentence that is shorter than the time it would take for an appeal to be decided, it is pretty common to delay incarceration until after the appeal is resolved.

Bannon was sentenced to four months for a non-violent crime. Pretty standard practice to delay incarceration.