Justice!

[Temerit]

Thoughts?

 

[Jazzy]

My thoughts are we need to read this article before we pass judgement.

 

[DrLeftover]

Criminal and Traffic Case Search

Last Name First Name CLEAR CITATION DEFENDANT NAME OCCURRED VIOLATION STATUS FINE/COSTS PLEADING DISPOSITION Select 8402881 BROWN, ROY Mar 22 1984 INTOXICATED CLOSED 0.00 PLED GUILTY SERVE TIME IN JAIL Select 95017215 BROWN, ROY Sep 1 1995 RESIST/AN/OFF CLOSED 266.00 PLED GUILTY PLED GUILTY Select 95017216 BROWN, ROY Sep 1 1995 DRINK/PUBLIC CLOSED 0.00 PLED GUILTY SENTENCED (NO FINE) Select 99024986 BROWN, ROY Dec 24 1999 ENT/REM/FORBID CLOSED 26.00 PLED GUILTY PLED GUILTY Select 99024987 BROWN, ROY Dec 24 1999 CRIM/PROP/DAMAGE CLOSED 0.00 PLED GUILTY PLED GUILTY Select 03003745 BROWN, ROY Apr 15 2003 THEFT/SHOPLIFT CLOSED 0.00 PLED GUILTY PLED GUILTY Select 05001995 BROWN, ROY Feb 6 2005 DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY CLOSED 0.00 PLED GUILTY PLED GUILTY

 

[Jazzy]

@Temerit: Your thoughts?

 

[Temerit]

I still think the two sentences are absurd and I don't give a shit if he cooperated with people after he got caught.



Punishments for white collar crime are largely a joke in this country. I'm glad the mastermind got 30 years.

 

[DrLeftover]

Well damn.



I basically agree with T.

 

[DrLeftover]

Maybe the white collar crooks just say they don't want to talk about it.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CBS Cleveland/AP) — An Ohio man who says he once lost his job and introduced President Barack Obama at a rally on Friday had been accused of stealing trade secrets by a former boss. Court records show that Daniel Potkanowicz and a business partner in the Youngstown area were ordered to pay $500,000 to Clearview Window & Door after a judge ruled in 2009 that they had violated trade secrets.

The Vindicator newspaper in Youngstown reports that the two partners have not paid back the money.

Potkanowicz told the newspaper that he didn’t want to talk about his past.

“That’s part of my life I really don’t want to go into,” Potkanowicz told The Vindicator. “I’m not really talking about that.”

http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2012/...t-rally-stole-former-employers-trade-secrets/

 

[Evil Eye]

Maybe the white collar crooks just say they don't want to talk about it.

Huh... well if it actually works...

 

[DrLeftover]

it seems to.

 

[DrLeftover]

How about this one?

Sex-crime victim could be jailed for tweeting her attackers' names







A Kentucky girl who was sexually assaulted now faces jail time for talking about it publicly.

Savannah Dietrich, 17, could be locked up on contempt-of-court charges for tweeting the names of her attackers after they allegedly got a sweetheart plea bargain, according to a published report.

Dietrich, who was molested while passed out at a party by the sick creeps, told the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper that she was outraged because the boys were given a deal that she thinks is “very, very light.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/sex_vic_faces_nd_outrage_7tapW9FKkJYRAyDli8pJNJ

 

[Temerit]

[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(255, 253, 247)]by the sick creeps

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[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(255, 253, 247)]That seems a bit un-professional.[/background]

 

[Fatal Dawn]

[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(255, 253, 247)]by the sick creeps

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[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(255, 253, 247)]That seems a bit un-professional.[/background]

Typical tabloid journalism.



However, I like the overarching thought originally introduced in this thread. The justice system is far from perfect. The example (of the homeless, black man) is great because it really illustrates the two great fascinations which tie into the disparity: race and wealth. Take for example the harsh impositions on drug crimes and the backlash this has had on, particularly, the low-income Black and Hispanic communities. Part of it has to do with the under-representation in all aspects of the justice system - especially in criminal courts. Personally I'd like to see more people becoming 'pro se' advocates.