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David Betts
David Betts
@davidbetts898070
Retired. Living in Augusta County, Virginia. Peace Corps Volunteer 1972-74 Dezful, Iran. Lived in Ohio, Germany, Maine.
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Replying to Linda Weide
It's evidence that we have a very corrupt judge.
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Replying to Civik USA
I am hoping these sentences and this case will be thrown out on appeal. If not, it is just further evidence that the USA is a rogue state.
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Replying to Heather Cox Richardson
The Prairieland sentences are the sharpest fact here. Eight protesters received thirty to one hundred years under federal antiterrorism statutes, while the executive order authorizing that prosecutorial framework, as the Brennan Center notes, cites no statute or constitutional provision because no domestic terrorist designation authority exists. The legal nullity of the designation did not prevent its operational use: a label Congress never authorized became the basis for sentences that exceed …
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