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Calista241

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9. No she couldn't. She's acting within her constitutionally granted powers.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:09 AM
Oct 2015

Telling someone that they'll get wet if they go outside while it's raining does not make you liable for them getting wet.

Now if she knew Bubba Smith liked 18 year old boys, and then arranged with the department of corrections to house this kid with Bubba Smith, then she's guilty of conspiracy.

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She didn't call him a bitch, she said he would end up a bitch in prison. Misleading title. Shrike47 Oct 2015 #1
Agree. I read thru it and...said to self-She didn't call the younin that. ... riversedge Oct 2015 #4
How ryan_cats Oct 2015 #2
You Object Old Codger Oct 2015 #23
I ryan_cats Oct 2015 #24
A child? cwydro Oct 2015 #25
Much rather Old Codger Oct 2015 #30
LOL, Political Correctness has gone haywire. B Calm Oct 2015 #31
We have agreed as a society that 18 is the age of consent and that by every legal measure and 18 Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #26
Fine ryan_cats Oct 2015 #32
18 and you say that's an infant. When I was 18 I was in the US Navy B Calm Oct 2015 #34
Our prison system is embarrassing Oneironaut Oct 2015 #3
That and when rape is part of the punishment, it's usually for nonviolent MillennialDem Oct 2015 #12
Yup. Violent criminals will continue to look for prey Oneironaut Oct 2015 #15
But it's a poor kid who used a stolen credit card or got caught with weed, so it's ok for MillennialDem Oct 2015 #17
Of course it's not OK SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #20
This 1000 times. Saviolo Oct 2015 #38
I think it's more of a sickness in American society. I don't understand why we MillennialDem Oct 2015 #40
Exactly, and what's tragic is some of the non-violent offenders become violent... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #21
Our prison system should be considered an 8th amendment violation. n/t Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #18
I'm more outraged romanic Oct 2015 #5
Exactly nt Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #7
So rape is an appropriate punishment for burglary, what if the burglar was female? n/t Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #16
"that’s exactly what would happen to you.” rug Oct 2015 #6
No she couldn't. She's acting within her constitutionally granted powers. Calista241 Oct 2015 #9
The bench doesn't have First Amendment rights. rug Oct 2015 #10
Among the dumbest things I've ever read here n/t SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #11
How often do you click the "My Posts" tab? rug Oct 2015 #13
OOOOOOHHH you got me! SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #14
Not legally it isn't. Calista241 Oct 2015 #19
If she's sentencing people to prison knowing they will be raped, that's criminal. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #42
I just got done being a juror on a burglary case. The young man B Calm Oct 2015 #8
Really! catrose Oct 2015 #29
The kid should be doing cartwheels across the floor. Many people are in prison for a lot less. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #22
No kidding! The kid should be thanking this judge B Calm Oct 2015 #27
No, she described exactly what would happen to him in jail. giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #28
The judge was kind... TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #33
How can she be part of a system, knowing that rape is what she's sentencing offenders to? lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #35
Do you have a problem with reality? B Calm Oct 2015 #36
Yes. You don't? n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #37
There really isn't anything this one judge can do to change B Calm Oct 2015 #39
Judges are the top, the pinnacle, of the justice system. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #41
I guess I don't have any problems with this judge telling this criminal B Calm Oct 2015 #44
Then she's complicit in rape. And she seems pretty nonchalant about it, too. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #43
You make it sound like she is behind bars and helping a rapist. PC B Calm Oct 2015 #45
What the fuck does political correctness have to do with this? Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #46
and what the fuck does this have to do with racism? B Calm Oct 2015 #48
No, this "PC has gone too far" shit has gone too far. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #47
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