Biden Slammed After Commuting Sentence of “Kids for Cash” Judge
Biden is facing uproar over his decision to give clemency to an infamous judge who pleaded guilty.
"Slammed"
Cringe use of words
Would be fun if one of the victims of that judge were to literally body slam Biden, though. Hypothetically.
Biden didn't actually intentionally pardon him, Biden signed off on a broad commutation/pardon for many nonviolent crimes who have had good behavior.
President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It's the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
This particular judge just happened to qualify by chance. Some kids in similar situations might have also been eligible for the same type of pardon.
Not a defense of Biden, bit maybe this is why?
Buried in the massive list of nearly 1,500 people
You are correct. They hatched a plan to grant clemency to a slew of people who were convicted of non-violent crimes that were switched to home confinement during the pandemic and who kept their noses clean since then. So a bunch of people who tended to skew older and committed financial crimes. No one thought to look at the details, I guess, so he pardoned some people he probably shouldn't have.
Frankly, what's done is done. He needs to now pardon all the kids who were convicted by this asshole and his partner, because they are the ones who really deserve it.
I don't think he can. This is a former county judge who oversaw state cases. It would require the governor and/or state AG to pardon those kids. I actually think there was a commission set up specifically for that purposes, which led to hundreds of vacated convictions and a class action lawsuit that recovered millions in damages.
It always reminds me of the West Wing episode where the commutation lawyer asks if the president is looking for "packing peanuts." Like, does he have a buddy that needs their sentence commuted and wants a smokescreen for the move.
Did anyone sneak Snowden into that list?
I believe it was a blanket pardon for a certain class of offense.
Yep it's basic Hanlon's razor. But plenty won't care to engage their brains. It's just another reason for them to crucify him.
Which is like if you guys are this upset about what Biden did. You do realize that the person coming into office after him literally sold pardons for money. To some of the worst people you'll ever know. Oh? Not a peep?
What Trump does doesn't justify or defend Mistakes by Biden. But it really is telling that Biden is disproportionately getting raked over the coals.
you guys are this upset about what Biden did. You do realize that the person coming into office after him literally sold pardons or money. To some of the worst people you’ll ever know. Oh? Not a peep?
Eldritch, always here with the nonsense distraction attempt for Biden and/or genocide and low standards for dem leaders. "Sure I killed 3 kids your honor, but what about that other guy? He killed 4! so why am I even here in court?"
So eldritch, once again, we dont judge ourselves as doing fine if we stay slightly above the worst level of what some other side is doing. Your point is nonsensical. It amounts to a self defense of meaningless and braindead centrism, doesnt it.
It's just another reason for them to crucify him.
It's not too much to ask that the POTUS considers the details of actions they take before taking them. Hell, this is one of the many criticisms people correctly make of Trump. It's also not too much to expect other politicians take their jobs more seriously than Trump does, or for other politicians to be better than Trump in general (especially when that is literally all that they promise us).
I think at this point Biden doesn’t give a flying fuck. His political career is coming to a close and he can retire.
You are correct, it's clear he doesn't care. It's just a shame that the mask-off, nothing to lose Biden still bends over backwards to help Israel commit genocide, commutes this sentence in particular, and pardons his own son while doing nothing that the average American could consider helpful. Mask-off Biden really sucks.
I don’t understand why people think he would react any other way. He has always been a Zionist and his views have not changed. Not that as President he has much choice not to cave the desire of allies and the pressure of the military industrial complex.
I do wish he at least showed some backbone about Israel’s genocide, but honestly the US has a historical background to f not giving a fuck. Do people not remember all the atrocities that the US committed in Iraq/Afghanistan under Bush?
Yeah... :(
Maybe, and hear me out here, maybe it wasn't a great idea to treat a president as king with no way to reign in their power other than waiting until the next election cycle.
There are multiple ways to reign in a president.
If politicians are unwilling to take any of those ways, then it's not only the president lacking accountability.
He should also be "dragged" and "condemned".
Before he's tried for abetting genocide. He violated numerous laws. Leahy for starters.
What's kids for cash? Sounds like the name of a child sex trafficking ring
Judge got kick backs for sending teens to jail, even for the most minor offense that would normally warrant a warning.
For some reason, the kars4kids jingle played in my head.
1-877 kids for cash
K-I-D-S kids for cash
1-877 kids for cash
convict your kids today
That's basically what it was. But prison.
That’s shitty. That Judge is an asshole.
Asshole for letting that corrupt piece of shit get out early. That judge caused irreparable harm.
I don't disagree, but there were 1,500 people on that list, and everyone's acting like Biden himself personally reviewed every one of them. It's more likely to me that someone on his staff fucked up - or more likely was paid to sneak one in - than the idea that he himself added said judge knowingly.
In a few months y’all be praying for the normalcy that was Biden.
And? Does this mean he is immune to criticism because he's not Trump? This is a pretty big fuckup, even if it's an accident.
Nah, I'll continue to fight for something better
Conservative media won't shut up about a non-story of Biden reducing a man's sentence from 17 to 15.
Meanwhile Trump prepares to ruin America