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ProudLib72

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9. Why is there this false dichotomy?

Reply to Pisces (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2017, 09:06 PM

Mar 2017

There are more choices than he goes free or rots in prison. How about he is set to serve life but could get his sentence reduced to ten years for testifying? These sorts of plea bargains are made all the time, and they are all about reduced sentences.

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Flynn should go to jail, not be granted immunity. Whoever is complicit should [View all] Pisces Mar 2017 OP

LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! JHan Mar 2017 #1

No... ADX Mar 2017 #4

word! ;) JHan Mar 2017 #14

If he can give up Trump I would immunize him.... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #2

witsec doesn't work very well for people who have had their picture all over national television.... unblock Mar 2017 #5

A beard and some plastic surgery DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #6

I completely agree! Chasstev365 Mar 2017 #3

I agree! People are in jail for far less! Lock his ass up, throw away the key. ecstatic Mar 2017 #7

in principle, immunity is how you crack a large criminal organization unblock Mar 2017 #8

Why is there this false dichotomy? ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #9

L O C K H I M U P... blue sky at night Mar 2017 #10

Offer him a plea deal to ensure he testifies against tRump and his minions meow2u3 Mar 2017 #11

couldn't agree more, but what about SCOTUS? Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #12

If he has Trump-sinking info, then save the U.S. and the planet. VOX Mar 2017 #13