Griner had no squawk coming:
Griner, a 31-year-old Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) all-star and two-time Olympic gold medallist, was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport on February 17 on charges of carrying vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her luggage. Hashish oil is illegal in Russia, despite it being decriminalized in many U.S. states. She could face a sentence of up to 10 years in jail.
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Frankly, I do not give a rat’s ass if she was guilty or innocent in Russia. Either way I sure as hell would let her do the dime. Stay in this country if you want constitutional protections.
So the U.S. got Viktor Anatolyevich Bout
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in exchange for one basketball player.
At least one-for-one is a better deal than Obama got for one traitor:
Retired Colonel David Hunt claims to know exactly what happened.
On The O’Reilly Factor, Hunt reported that the military has tapes of Taliban members talking on Bergdahl’s phone and their own phones saying that Bergdahl wanted to join them.
Hunt said “this information was known July 2nd on and yet we still traded him for five terrorists.”
Obama Knew Bergdahl was a Traitor Before Trading for Him For 5 Terrorists
https://www.truthandaction.org/obama-knew-bergdahl-traitor-trading-5-terrorists/
On the bright side, Griner is lucky she did not get caught in Singapore:
“I am sending you to a better place than this.”
With these words Darshan Singh, Singapore’s hangman throughout this period would release the trap doors of the gallows in Changi prison, plummeting the condemned to their death. 16 women would hear these fateful words and their stories are told below. Seven were to hang for murder and nine for drug trafficking.
The women executed in Singapore 1973 to 2004.
The argument for abolishing the death penalty began with:
The U.S. Constitution was too young for Big Ben when he said:
Take a look at the death penalty in relation to Blackstone’s Ratio.
Liberals always argue that the death penalty does not deter murder. That argument is absurd on the face of it. Execute a murderer and he/she will not murder again. Abolishing the death penalty most certainly will NOT deter murder.
The next favorite argument against the death penalty says that an innocent man cannot be brought back to life after he is executed. That line of reasoning is a piece of legal sophistry rooted in Blackstone’s Ratio.
Parenthetically, Blackstone’s Ratio depends upon who you quote. Charles Dickens put the morning line at 99 to 1 in favor of the criminals.
Blackstone’s Ratio probably made sense hundreds of years ago. It makes no sense today when you look at all of the protection the U.S. Constitution gave criminals before and after the trial. The U.S. Constitution notwithstanding, federal judges gave murderers even more protections in the form of endless appeals after they are found guilty.
NOTE: I think he meant criminals only:
Twenty years or more often elapses before a murderer is finally executed.
Executions are disappearing each time a state legislator abolishes the death penalty. Indeed, fewer executions take place than the number of convicted murderers released.
I doubt if all of those convicted murderers being set free are not guilty twenty years after being convicted. There is too much room for bribery and tampering with evidence to convince me that so many prosecutors made so many mistakes. Or maybe juries made all of those mistakes which does not say much for the jury system.
Life without parole is another myth.
A loophole in the 1987 life-without-parole law allows inmates to apply for clemency. In a move to clarify who might be eligible for clemency, the state Pardon and Parole Board recently enacted a policy that gives inmates with this sentence a chance for early release after 15 years.
Long before 1987 Clarence Darrow beat the death penalty he beat life without parole.
I believe that Leopold and Loeb beating the hangman was the most influential decision ever handed down in death penalty cases. Clarence Darrow’s entire defense was designed to beat the death penalty rather than get Leopold and Loeb off.
With their sons facing the hangman, the killers’ rich families called in a legal luminary — Clarence Darrow, 66, famed for saving 100 defendants from execution.
“Not guilty,” the original plea, would have put them before a jury, not a wise move with a pair of defendants as arrogant and unlikable as Leopold and Loeb.
Today’s touchy-feely garbage and psycho-babble gained nationwide acceptance because the Bobby Franks murder case got more publicity than did all of Darrow’s previous 100 death penalty cases combined.
Darrow, in a stunning move, changed the plea to guilty. Their case, with a parade of alienists, as psychiatrists were known in those days, would be presented to the judge, who would decide on life or death. In a three-day summation, Darrow quoted poetry, history and science in a plea for mercy so eloquent even the judge got misty-eyed. Darrow said that the boys, although not legally insane, were mentally ill and not responsible for their actions. “They killed him as they might kill a spider or a fly.”
Darrow ended up with two more notches on his saved-from-the-hangman’s belt. The judge gave his clients life plus 99 years.
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Life plus 99 years got lost when Leopold was paroled in 1958. Note that life without parole became another judicial myth after it was attached to a life sentence. Even worse, Darrow gave “ —— alienists, as psychiatrists were known in those days —— ” a vote in deciding guilty or not guilty. It will not be long before lawyers call upon “expert astrologists” reading tarot cards decide punishment.
Finally, the world will be a better place when touchy-feely American douche bags mind their own business.
Griner, a 31-year-old Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) all-star and two-time Olympic gold medallist, was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport on February 17 on charges of carrying vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her luggage. Hashish oil is illegal in Russia, despite it being decriminalized in many U.S. states. She could face a sentence of up to 10 years in jail.
What Did Brittney Griner Do in Russia? Charges Against WNBA Star Explained
The WNBA basketball star and Olympic gold medalist, whose trial resumes on July 7, could face up to 10 years in jail in Russia on drug charges.
www.newsweek.com
Frankly, I do not give a rat’s ass if she was guilty or innocent in Russia. Either way I sure as hell would let her do the dime. Stay in this country if you want constitutional protections.
So the U.S. got Viktor Anatolyevich Bout
Viktor Bout - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
in exchange for one basketball player.
At least one-for-one is a better deal than Obama got for one traitor:
Retired Colonel David Hunt claims to know exactly what happened.
On The O’Reilly Factor, Hunt reported that the military has tapes of Taliban members talking on Bergdahl’s phone and their own phones saying that Bergdahl wanted to join them.
Hunt said “this information was known July 2nd on and yet we still traded him for five terrorists.”
Obama Knew Bergdahl was a Traitor Before Trading for Him For 5 Terrorists
https://www.truthandaction.org/obama-knew-bergdahl-traitor-trading-5-terrorists/
On the bright side, Griner is lucky she did not get caught in Singapore:
“I am sending you to a better place than this.”
With these words Darshan Singh, Singapore’s hangman throughout this period would release the trap doors of the gallows in Changi prison, plummeting the condemned to their death. 16 women would hear these fateful words and their stories are told below. Seven were to hang for murder and nine for drug trafficking.
The women executed in Singapore 1973 to 2004.
The argument for abolishing the death penalty began with:
The U.S. Constitution was too young for Big Ben when he said:
Take a look at the death penalty in relation to Blackstone’s Ratio.
Liberals always argue that the death penalty does not deter murder. That argument is absurd on the face of it. Execute a murderer and he/she will not murder again. Abolishing the death penalty most certainly will NOT deter murder.
The next favorite argument against the death penalty says that an innocent man cannot be brought back to life after he is executed. That line of reasoning is a piece of legal sophistry rooted in Blackstone’s Ratio.
Parenthetically, Blackstone’s Ratio depends upon who you quote. Charles Dickens put the morning line at 99 to 1 in favor of the criminals.
Blackstone’s Ratio probably made sense hundreds of years ago. It makes no sense today when you look at all of the protection the U.S. Constitution gave criminals before and after the trial. The U.S. Constitution notwithstanding, federal judges gave murderers even more protections in the form of endless appeals after they are found guilty.
NOTE: I think he meant criminals only:
Twenty years or more often elapses before a murderer is finally executed.
Executions are disappearing each time a state legislator abolishes the death penalty. Indeed, fewer executions take place than the number of convicted murderers released.
I doubt if all of those convicted murderers being set free are not guilty twenty years after being convicted. There is too much room for bribery and tampering with evidence to convince me that so many prosecutors made so many mistakes. Or maybe juries made all of those mistakes which does not say much for the jury system.
Life without parole is another myth.
A loophole in the 1987 life-without-parole law allows inmates to apply for clemency. In a move to clarify who might be eligible for clemency, the state Pardon and Parole Board recently enacted a policy that gives inmates with this sentence a chance for early release after 15 years.
Loophole lets inmates seek parole Board changes life sentence policy
When juries consider a sentence of life in prison without parole in murder cases, the punishment they choose might not be all that it appears. A loophole in the 1987 life-without-parole law allows in…
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Long before 1987 Clarence Darrow beat the death penalty he beat life without parole.
I believe that Leopold and Loeb beating the hangman was the most influential decision ever handed down in death penalty cases. Clarence Darrow’s entire defense was designed to beat the death penalty rather than get Leopold and Loeb off.
With their sons facing the hangman, the killers’ rich families called in a legal luminary — Clarence Darrow, 66, famed for saving 100 defendants from execution.
“Not guilty,” the original plea, would have put them before a jury, not a wise move with a pair of defendants as arrogant and unlikable as Leopold and Loeb.
Today’s touchy-feely garbage and psycho-babble gained nationwide acceptance because the Bobby Franks murder case got more publicity than did all of Darrow’s previous 100 death penalty cases combined.
Darrow, in a stunning move, changed the plea to guilty. Their case, with a parade of alienists, as psychiatrists were known in those days, would be presented to the judge, who would decide on life or death. In a three-day summation, Darrow quoted poetry, history and science in a plea for mercy so eloquent even the judge got misty-eyed. Darrow said that the boys, although not legally insane, were mentally ill and not responsible for their actions. “They killed him as they might kill a spider or a fly.”
Darrow ended up with two more notches on his saved-from-the-hangman’s belt. The judge gave his clients life plus 99 years.
Thrill of the kill: 90th anniversary of Leopold and Loeb’s horrific murder of boy
Ninety years ago this week, Bobby Franks, 14, left school and headed for his parents’ mansion in the Kenwood section of Chicago. His walk didn’t take him home. Instead, it landed him in…
www.nydailynews.com
Life plus 99 years got lost when Leopold was paroled in 1958. Note that life without parole became another judicial myth after it was attached to a life sentence. Even worse, Darrow gave “ —— alienists, as psychiatrists were known in those days —— ” a vote in deciding guilty or not guilty. It will not be long before lawyers call upon “expert astrologists” reading tarot cards decide punishment.
Finally, the world will be a better place when touchy-feely American douche bags mind their own business.
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