Whoooooooooooooosssssshhhhhhhh (Reply #19)

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Response to OliverQ (Reply #18)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:26 AM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

19. Whoooooooooooooosssssshhhhhhhh

Mandatory minimums.

Ellis opposes them.

He can't change them.

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
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
Donald Trump's Former Campaign Chair Has Been Sentenced To Prison For Federal Crimes	jberryhill	Mar 2019	#6
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
A number of outlets are stunned by the "Otherwise blameless life" while always operating as a crook.	lancelyons	Mar 2019	#12
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
My impression is that Ellis doesn't like prosecutors in general and Manafort's in particular.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2019	#28
Good point - he has an axe to grind, but it's not the axe people think it is	jberryhill	Mar 2019	#33
Interesting. Thanks.	Turbineguy	Mar 2019	#32

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