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How can that rapper be innocent? In his photo, he is clearly blah. Lucky for him he wasn't carrying Skittles at the time of his arrest.

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by this logic, the makers of Grand Theft Auto should be serving a life sentence thanks to Darrell Issa

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Well, ya got trouble, my friend, right here, I say, trouble right here in River City

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at least Mike Love

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or Darrell Issa should be serving a life sentence given that his life of grand theft auto benefited him greatly when he turned a profit designing auto alarms to thwart thieves like him.

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So is this DA going to go after the guys who made paper targets of Obama now that nearly a dozen white folks have tried to get into the White House to kill him? Inquiring minds want to know.

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Divide by innocent black error.

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So John Lennon's shooting by Chapman was in fact a Legal Execution for making Helter Skelter and inspiring Smilin' Chuckie Manson?

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Based on the article, it seems to me that the DA (and, I guess, the judge) are confusing the cause and effect parts of the law. The law says: if you commit certain felonies, and the commission thereof was directed by, or benefits, a gang, you get a more severe punishment. It does NOT say: if gang members (not you) commit a felony, and for some reason that causes <i>you</i> some hypothetical benefit, that you are automatically guilty of conspiracy.

The law may or may not be stupid, but the DA's interpretation is totally fucked up. (Note, from the story, I couldn't tell if there may be other evidence to indicate that the rapper was involved in a conspiracy.) I wonder if the judge might be allowing it to go forward so he can rule the law unconstitutional?

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Morrissey Morrissey or The Smiths Morrissey?

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