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17. Let me tell ya

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 11:14 AM

Mar 2019

your "bovine-ness" (bovinity???) ain't helping your cause if you want to avoid flies!

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An article from last year about Ellis and sentencing [View all] jberryhill Mar 2019 OP

You have a way of getting the barbs in there, jberryhill True Dough Mar 2019 #1

Spot on. WheelWalker Mar 2019 #9

I don't think most of us see it as a defeat... llmart Mar 2019 #10

Yes. Fair point True Dough Mar 2019 #11

"More flies with honey than with vinegar" jberryhill Mar 2019 #13

I wasn't being literal in regards to the flies, but you know that. True Dough Mar 2019 #15

Still... jberryhill Mar 2019 #16

Let me tell ya True Dough Mar 2019 #17

It is an odd metaphor treestar Mar 2019 #20

I don't really care about the 47 months. DURHAM D Mar 2019 #2

blameless life mercuryblues Mar 2019 #4

Not following... DURHAM D Mar 2019 #7

The reason the judge could say that mercuryblues Mar 2019 #21

Thank you for the voice of reason LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #3

That was sobering. Thank you. donkeypoofed Mar 2019 #5

Nothing it seems, however simple, is as simple as we'd like it to be. WheelWalker Mar 2019 #8

It's far from over for Manafort jberryhill Mar 2019 #14

Ellis sentenced a 37 year old to a 40 year minimum OliverQ Mar 2019 #18

Whoooooooooooooosssssshhhhhhhh jberryhill Mar 2019 #19

yes he apparently can dsc Mar 2019 #22

That is incorrect jberryhill Mar 2019 #23

Are you seriously defending this quack of a judge? OliverQ Mar 2019 #24

Sometimes facts are complicated. MH1 Mar 2019 #30

It was a *mandatory* minimum sentence. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #29

Just do away with sentencing guidelines. moondust Mar 2019 #25

Yah, well... jberryhill Mar 2019 #26

Would you call moondust Mar 2019 #27

Sentencing guidelines were created to prevent judges from doing that The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #31

Interesting. Thanks. Turbineguy Mar 2019 #32