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gopiscrap

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33. it was because I kept on filingf after the court ordered me not to

Sat Mar 9, 2019, 02:57 AM

Mar 2019

my calculus was a) obey the court and not get the treatment I need AND lose everything financially or b) disobey the court and go to jail eventually but still make it through the illness

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I am pissed Re: Manafort (I am a former Federal Inmate) [View all] gopiscrap Mar 2019 OP

Yes, what he did was much much much worse and he should have gotten 47 years not 47 months! FM123 Mar 2019 #1

I totally agree gopiscrap Mar 2019 #2

I don't blame you for being angry. Ilsa Mar 2019 #3

OMG I was spacing, talking to some one while typing gopiscrap Mar 2019 #4

Thanks for your story canetoad Mar 2019 #5

I hope many others hear your story. End the injustices! KPN Mar 2019 #6

Your story is making me cry... CaptainTruth Mar 2019 #7

Your experience proves we still have Poor Houses in this country. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #8

Well stated! BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #9

From your experience, will the guys in Manafort's prison, BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #10

yes, I think lots of them will be pissed because what they did was peanuts compared to Manafort gopiscrap Mar 2019 #11

Thanks, that makes me feel better. BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #13

I agree with them that it was bullshit what happened to you. Its sickening. ooky Mar 2019 #14

Yep. He's spent the last 9 months in protective custody. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #15

That was in the Alexandria detention facility FBaggins Mar 2019 #30

And yet he still wanted isolation. nt SunSeeker Mar 2019 #32

W a phone and laptop and a second "work room". Chin music Mar 2019 #34

"Other prisoners" - remember, he's going to cushy white-collar prison. forgotmylogin Mar 2019 #18

no he won't be, but there still is a rough sense of justice in prison gopiscrap Mar 2019 #21

I lived in Miami in the mid -80's & got caught up in Miami-related activities. Received 84 months in NBachers Mar 2019 #12

that's what I did. I helped a lot of GED folks and those working on their cases gopiscrap Mar 2019 #22

Yeah, my brother spoke of the illiteracy while in the joint. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #39

That's why I have respect for Chuck Colson of Watergate Fame. He didn't forget, he came back. NBachers Mar 2019 #40

I had no idea about Colson. Had to look him up Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #41

This nation is so barbaric area51 Mar 2019 #16

I totally agree gopiscrap Mar 2019 #28

Manafort is no Jean Valjean. forgotmylogin Mar 2019 #17

+1 dalton99a Mar 2019 #19

+1 also. This flies past the repuglicons who think Hamilton is just a face on a lowly $10 erronis Mar 2019 #36

k and r no text. Stuart G Mar 2019 #20

The sentence Manafort got was outrageous, PatSeg Mar 2019 #23

I admire you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you for helping others. Karadeniz Mar 2019 #24

thanks you're very kind gopiscrap Mar 2019 #25

Thank you for posting this MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #26

I have recovered...thank you gopiscrap Mar 2019 #27

You have every right to be pissed malaise Mar 2019 #29

I didn't know filing too often could land you in prison unblock Mar 2019 #31

it was because I kept on filingf after the court ordered me not to gopiscrap Mar 2019 #33

You are the very definition of a survivor. Boomerproud Mar 2019 #35

justice is only for the rich. AllaN01Bear Mar 2019 #37

I'm so glad that you're unafraid to tell your awful story. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #38

thank you, you are very kind gopiscrap Mar 2019 #42

We've witnessed a president being installed by a corrupt russian leader, duforsure Mar 2019 #43