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Ponietz

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7. While it is still a felony in NM to issue a $25 worthless check

Reply to lostnfound (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 09:44 AM

Aug 2018

I once had a client convicted for 11 worthless checks totaling about $600, all for groceries that she used to feed herself, her daughter, and her mother. She had a prior felony conviction for drug possession. She got 11 years in prison on the mandatory habitual offender time. I petitioned Governor Gary Johnson (what’s Aleppo?) for clemency as his term ended. Petition denied.

https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/2006/nmrc/jd_30-36-5-cc39.html

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WHY is our justice system so weak that decades of corruption goes unpunished? [View all] lostnfound Aug 2018 OP

The gop loves to hobble the IRS and other agencies. BSdetect Aug 2018 #1

+1 Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2018 #9

Do you think our FBI needs strengthening? kentuck Aug 2018 #2

I'm sure it's for several reasons NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #3

Yes. Just read something similar. Resources and budgets Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #8

"White collar crime not a priority". That's what needs to change. lostnfound Aug 2018 #17

I also mentioned NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #20

My father-in-law melm00se Aug 2018 #22

That's a problem. Education in the "economics of the rich " might help future jurors and voters lostnfound Aug 2018 #23

I wonder the same thing SHRED Aug 2018 #4

I've been asking the same questions PatSeg Aug 2018 #5

Law enforcement and the courts have ben begging for resources for decades, but have been caught EffieBlack Aug 2018 #10

Yes, I can see what you are saying PatSeg Aug 2018 #11

It IS frustrating, isn't it? EffieBlack Aug 2018 #13

Oh yes PatSeg Aug 2018 #15

The rot in our legal system runs deep; civil, criminal, and political. PufPuf23 Aug 2018 #6

While it is still a felony in NM to issue a $25 worthless check Ponietz Aug 2018 #7

This PatSeg Aug 2018 #12

I should add--Susanna Martinez, our current Governor Ponietz Aug 2018 #14

21st century slavery PatSeg Aug 2018 #16

That's crazy. Class warfare against the poor. Nt lostnfound Aug 2018 #18

It's easier to go after the small fish who can't afford decent representation. Vinca Aug 2018 #19

This! Exactly. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #21