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mvario's avatar

"But you have there the myth of the essential white American. All the other stuff, the love, the democracy, the floundering into lust are a sort of by play. The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic and a killer. It has never yet melted." - D. H. Lawrence

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gingerwentworth1's avatar

good people? Working hard?

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gingerwentworth1's avatar

Was she actually an ex girlfriend of this judge?

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gingerwentworth1's avatar

Let's write him a letter.

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runfastandwin's avatar

OH MY STARS! Another judge doing exactly what he wants with no consequences at all. Just like judges (whom are overwhelmingly right wing hacks btw) all over America do all day every day. How ya like that you suppurating pustule non commenting legal eagles! You know who you are…

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H0mer0's avatar

thousand yard stare

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H0mer0's avatar

why I don't like talking politics with my medical colleagues who care more about their portfolios than humanity

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LibertyHiller's avatar

Well played.

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H0mer0's avatar

hold on to that feeeeline

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rlcornelius's avatar

I wonder what he would have thought if she'd shot him, particularly as bleeding is associated with that as well. In other words, I agree with you that it seems this judge is calling all murders depraved or -- as you suggested and I agree -- just thinks this one was depraved because a woman did it.

Also, I was waiting to hear if the guy deserved it -- ie, in many domestic violence situations the man kills the woman and the courts tend to shrug, but when a woman is with a malignant narcissist the risk of her getting killed is a lot higher than with even milder narcissists especially if she tries to leave him. In other words, was she getting him before he got her? In that case it's not depraved at all.

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LibertyHiller's avatar

I was screaming about that in print 21 years ago.

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H0mer0's avatar

fanfic sequel to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

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tiredsucker's avatar

This is not an isolated incident. This judge is not alone in his abuse of the legal system and people suffer because of it.

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tiredsucker's avatar

Doing whatever you want with no consequences........that seems familiar. I wonder if he is a trumper.

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Ward in Cali BOYCOTT CNN!'s avatar

It makes sense, if there is some minimum respect for the law involved, or at least respect for the higher court. Sending it back to the same judge for re-sentencing is a reprimand. This guy's problem is that he has no respect.

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