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Scott Hall Guilty Plea video (Judge McAfee's Court room) (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2023 OP
Rev Al Just said on MSNBC... FalloutShelter Sep 2023 #1
God, I hope so wryter2000 Sep 2023 #3
Believe Willis will cut deals with a number of "bit" players soon. The case is just too unwieldly. Silent Type Sep 2023 #2
My understanding is . . . gratuitous Sep 2023 #4
When going after gang members, rap artists, Atlanta Public School officials in cheating scandal. Silent Type Sep 2023 #5

FalloutShelter

(14,466 posts)
1. Rev Al Just said on MSNBC...
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 04:13 PM
Sep 2023

“You may see folks start to flip like my Grandmother’s pancakes.”

From your mouth, Rev.

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
2. Believe Willis will cut deals with a number of "bit" players soon. The case is just too unwieldly.
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 04:19 PM
Sep 2023

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. My understanding is . . .
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 04:30 PM
Sep 2023

I understand Willis has pursued these kinds of multiple defendant state RICO cases before, and has gotten very satisfactory results (i.e., convictions of the defendants). As obstreperous as this crop of defendants is, I'm confident that Willis will do well by the State of Georgia in bringing the law-breakers to justice.

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
5. When going after gang members, rap artists, Atlanta Public School officials in cheating scandal.
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 04:37 PM
Sep 2023

DOES WILLIS HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH RICO CASES?

"When she was an assistant district attorney in the Fulton County district attorney’s office, Willis was a lead prosecutor in a RICO case against a group of Atlanta public school educators in a cheating scandal. After a monthslong trial, a jury in April 2015 convicted 11 former educators of racketeering for their roles in a scheme to inflate students’ scores on standardized exams.

"Since becoming district attorney in January 2021, she has brought several RICO indictments against alleged gang members, including sofile rap artists.

"Lawyer John Floyd, a nationally known RICO expert in Atlanta, helped Willis with the school cheating case. Soon after opening the investigation into potential illegal meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia, she engaged him to serve as a special assistant district attorney to help with any racketeering cases her office might pursue.

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-trump-election-investigation-indictment-rico-willis-2b18a1c1ed6a4ce22b1a2ca88ea861e3

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