It wouldn’t be fair to have your felony conviction negatively impact your opportunities. This is how justice works right?

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    Aren’t we showing bias by giving criminals extra time because they decided to run a bullshit political campaign to subvert the law

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    Justice DENIED. AGAIN.

    There’s no impropriety about sending a convicted felon to prison just before an election. He has already been convicted. The fact that he is the nominee is irrelevant. RNC should have thought about that before they picked a guy they knew would likely end up behind bars for all the criminal acts he committed.

    Now Trump will say he “won” the case, just like he did with the classified documents case. Corrupt judges all the way down.

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      To be fair, would you want to be the judge that threw him in jail when the military comes to break him out following an election victory? Looking into America from the outside, people are hedging their bets with possible dictatorship.

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        If he gets elected into the White House, that’s going to happen anyway. His entire thing is revenge, and these fuckers are submitting prematurely.

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          There are far more positions with power over people than there are good people mentaly equiped to fill them. Your comment is incredibly naive.

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    “My name is Stabby McKiller! Yes, I clearly stabbed four people in that home, and yes, I was convicted! BUT, I am also running for president! For total fairness, I demand my sentencing be delayed, so my sentence does not sway voter opinion!”

    What fucking bullshit. THIS is bias.

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    Showing bias by claiming its an effort to not show bias is fucking insanity.

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      Wait till after election. -If Harris wins they claim she’s locking up her opponent so he can’t investigate the votes being wrong -If Trump wins they riot if Trump gets sentenced on anything claiming they are trying to lock him up because he won.

      His election has and should have nothing to do with it.

      They are begging for riots it seems

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    Shouldn’t being a convicted felon affect one’s candidacy?

    Should the US government also pay candidates to have aesthetic surgeries? Being ugly might affect their candidacy!

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    This is an astounding level of bullshit even from a country that gives its full throated support to anyone with a net worth in the 7 figures or greater.

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      A million bucks isn’t worth a million bucks anymore. $1,000,000 might net you $75,000 in yearly interest, before taxes. What kind of purchasing power is that going to be at retirement?

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        It’s ok. I’ll take that pesky $1,000,000 and earn that paltry $75,000 in annual interest for doing nothing. It’s ok. I’ll allieviate you from the stress of thinking how worthless it is to you. Yes, I’ll allow that.

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          People with your financial sophistication will be eating cat food out a can at 75. Good luck with those pesky numbers.

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          $33/hr. was an unimaginable amount of money to me in 1998. What’s that look like when I can’t work anymore, say in 2040? How about when a loaf of bread goes from $.50 to $5.50? That’s how I know you’re a child.

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    Pathetic.

    I’m stating it right now. I am officially running for President in the 2024, 2028, 2032, and 2036 elections. Therefore, to avoid the appearance of impropriety and not show political bias, the criminal court system cannot send me to jail until after the 2036 election, regardless of what crimes I commit or am convicted of in the mean time. The crimes I commit between now and then are irrelevant. I mean, you can convict me of those crimes if you’d like. You just can’t punish me for it because I’m a Presidential Candidate under the Trump standard set forth by this judge.

    This act of “not showing bias” goes to show the exact bias that the entire court system continues to give to Trump: giving him special privileges that exactly zero other people in this country would have extended to them in the same situation. And in one fell swoop, Merchan shows that he’s absolutely no better than the rest of them; when push comes to shove, every single one of them will go out of their way to avoid holding Trump accountable for anything, all the while wondering why he keeps doing it.

    He’s doing it because it works. He’s doing it because you let him. He’s doing it because you are unwilling to do anything to stop him.

    And he’s going to keep doing it because you continue to let him win. Fuck this judge and fuck every other judge who continues to rule that Trump gets special treatment as if it’s some kind of fucking birthright.

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      Showing plenty of bias by showering the felon with gratuitous delay and deference benefits.

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    This isn’t a verdict, it is sentencing. He has already been found guilty. If the sentence matches what others have gotten for the same crimes, there is no bias.

    By failing to do so, he has at best delayed justice, and if Trump should win, has essentially nullified the jury’s verdict.

    This feels reminiscent of Camu’s “The Guest.” The judge was given a job to do, and by waiting until the hard decision solves itself without his involvement, now all sides will feel this judge is a traitor.