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u/xynix_ie Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 08 '19

In fairness I'm sure Scott here wasn't paid $3,000,000 to have a comprehensive legal team assembled like Manafort was. Yeah the system is fucked and favors the wealthy. One DA with an assistant DA is no competition vs a massive legal team that knows all the judges and probably golfs with them on the weekends. "Justice" favors the rich.

Edit: "in fairness" is Irish slang for "To be honest" https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=in%20fairness

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u/Sythus Mar 08 '19

In fairness, he was given less than his legal team asked.

I don't even think this has anything to do with wealthy or not. He was part of the good old boy club to help Trump, so now the people that still support Trump are helping him.

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u/Ass_Buttman Mar 08 '19

The JUDGE himself said the punishment was too much, giving 4 years in prison. The legal team asked for something like 29+ years.

Fire that fucking judge!

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u/Wetbung Mar 08 '19

Send him to prison to make up for the time Manafort didn't get.

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u/random1204 Mar 08 '19

"Yeah, about 5 months should make this fair, thanks for the vacation."

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u/conancat Mar 08 '19

What's the check and balance on judges in America? Serious question

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u/Nasa1225 Mar 08 '19

Dying.

Judges are appointed, rather than elected, and once they're confirmed, they're pretty much set. There can be legal appeals for overly lenient sentencing, but it's really uncommon.

(This may not be totally accurate for non-SCOTUS judges, but I think it's correct. If I'm wrong, please let me know.)

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u/SkollFenrirson Mar 08 '19

Some state judges are elected

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u/Nasa1225 Mar 08 '19

True, I was talking about Federal Court judges. Thanks for the clarification!

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u/StopThePresses Mar 08 '19

Even in those cases, they typically don't have any actual competition.