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MNBrewer

(8,462 posts) Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:06 PM Mar 2012

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Dharun Ravi should have taken the plea bargain

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/16/justice/new-jersey-rutgers-trial/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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Dharun Ravi should have taken the plea bargain (Original Post) MNBrewer Mar 2012 OP

Wow. I should say so. TheWraith Mar 2012 #1

Or deportation, too? MNBrewer Mar 2012 #2

I haven't seen anything about deportation. TheWraith Mar 2012 #3

He's not a citizen, so deportation is a possibility. MNBrewer Mar 2012 #4

I saw that in the first article I read about this... joeybee12 Mar 2012 #7

No matter what he gets the prick is going to get off easy. William769 Mar 2012 #5

He gets to continue to live-and he turned down a plea bargain that any rational person Rowdyboy Mar 2012 #6

I just read what they offered him...THE IDIOT! joeybee12 Mar 2012 #8

It boggles the mind....And he'll have 5-10 years to ponder it.... Rowdyboy Mar 2012 #9

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)

1. Wow. I should say so.

Reply to MNBrewer (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:14 PM

Mar 2012

600 hours of community service versus 5-10 years in prison? Hell.

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)

2. Or deportation, too?

Reply to TheWraith (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:18 PM

Mar 2012

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)

3. I haven't seen anything about deportation.

Reply to MNBrewer (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:20 PM

Mar 2012

Actually, I hadn't realized it was a possibility until you mentioned it and I did a Google search. Still, nothing apparently new there.

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)

4. He's not a citizen, so deportation is a possibility.

Reply to TheWraith (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:23 PM

Mar 2012

Prosecutorial assistance in fighting deportation was part of the plea agreement offered to him.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

7. I saw that in the first article I read about this...

Reply to MNBrewer (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:54 PM

Mar 2012

Made it seem that was more likely than jail time.

William769

(55,144 posts)

5. No matter what he gets the prick is going to get off easy.

Reply to MNBrewer (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:42 PM

Mar 2012

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)

6. He gets to continue to live-and he turned down a plea bargain that any rational person

Reply to MNBrewer (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:52 PM

Mar 2012

would have jumped at. You live with the result of the decisions you make.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

8. I just read what they offered him...THE IDIOT!

Reply to Rowdyboy (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:56 PM

Mar 2012

That was an incredibly generous offer...really makes me sure he was guided by hate since he didn't take it because he was obviously so convinced of this innocence.

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)

9. It boggles the mind....And he'll have 5-10 years to ponder it....

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 01:34 PM

Mar 2012

I would happily have done 6000 hours of community service to avoid a month in prison.

To each his own.

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