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scottsins

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  1. The statutory caps on punitive just irk me so much. Proportionality to compensatory SEEMS reasonable, but the entire purpose of punitive, IMO is to shape future behavior of the defendant and other going forward.
  2. We no longer have a heartbeat statute. Well, we might, but we are now under a previously passed “trigger” law that went into effect 30 days after Dobbs was announced. The CRIMINAL statute subjects the provider to a 5 years to life sentence for terminating a pregnancy post-fertilization.
  3. No. It is. My particular jurisdiction is just bananas and exists based on a bunch of weird practices which are currently fading away leaving the entire house of cards in for some serious shit. A Wilco misdemeanor prosecutor, for reference shares about 1,200 cases with TWO other colleagues.
  4. It’s not about the bounty hunter statute. It’s worse. It’s about the trigger law where a successful abortion is a 1st degree felony with a possible life sentence. I don’t see how anyone can practice in that specialty in Texas given this status quo.
  5. They most certainly DO have leads and pretty significant POI’s that they are working. The case is actively being worked.
  6. Pffft… My misdemeanor prosecutor caseload is…no bullshit…currently sitting at 1,837 cases and that’s not hyperbole. To be clear, I’m referring to the cases that I am solely responsible for. The entire system is fucked at every level and so far gone that “fixing it” is just not something I even give a thought to anymore.
  7. This. Watch him in Warrior. If he can pull off an American accent that well, a more palatable British one shouldn’t be a problem at all.
  8. Shouldn’t the Committee been after these messages once the Pence kidnapping thing surfaced? That was some time ago, IIRC.
  9. True, but intox manslaughter is not simply a DWI that results in a death. That was kinda the entire point of the Nestande defense.
  10. The 5th Circuit has not ruled on the merits of the Texas case, IIRC, but they did uphold an injunction preventing the law from being used. I imagine the 5th might punt the full decision on the merits until SCOTUS rules in this appeal brought out of the 8th.
  11. Of course they are, just like I’m not legally liable for breaking someone’s ribs when performing CPR on them. This thread is just fucking bizarre.
  12. I’m day 10 since my positive test. Only thing that I can not shake is the notable physical fatigue that has resulted in some very real brain fog/memory/typing issues at work. I’m not drowsy or sleepy, just tapped.
  13. The OP’s point about Garland “not enforcing the law” is pure bullshit, if you read the statute. Good luck proving up those elements. Also, what’s the fucking nexus between that “non-enforcement” and this event?
  14. Welp. I just got my first infection. Vaxxed and boosted. Tested negative on Friday before returning to the States. Yesterday afternoon along with allergy stuff, I got a scratchy throat and was a little tired, but I had little sleep the prior night which just happens for me sometimes. Anyways. Definitely feeling a bit worse this afternoon. Wife is going to get me a pulse ox just to be safe. I got some risk factors so I’m not Fucking around. I’ll make a tele-medicine appointment for tomorrow to see if I need meds.
  15. Lol. Are people unaware that Paxton won the last primary and the last TWO general elections with these same indictments hanging over him? Fun story. At the time, I was going off to a GOP co-worker about how insane it was that he won. His response: “Unfortunately, these indictments didn’t come until after the primary…if they had occurred prior to that stage, he simply wouldn’t have been the GOP candidate.” That guy has been wrong now twice.
  16. I’ll just throw out the number 8. I think it “will make a difference” because reloading CAN take time away from murdering. Would it have made a difference in Parkland? No fucking idea and it is a red herring logical fallacy ploy to insist that any solution be perfect and eliminate 100% of the targeted problem.
  17. Yep. That’s why, IMO, magazine capacity limits across all platforms are the way to go.
  18. A criminal record is not a bar, unless that record includes a conviction for either a felony or a family violence misdemeanor.
  19. You would have to prove that the person who gave him the funds was aware that they would be used in furtherance of a crime being committed.
  20. I also would like to know how much time elapsed form initial engagement to the shooter making his way to that actual classroom. Was there enough time for an alert to be made so that all teachers would be able to get their doors locked? Edit: I guess this particular school had direct access to individual classrooms via doors from outside of the building, so it makes more sense now that the door wouldn’t be locked by the teacher yet. It makes it even more apparent that the shooter had to be engaged immediately and aggressively.
  21. I don’t have a sub, so could you tell me what the technicality was?
  22. 95% of those cases are people failing to make their payments to Rent-a-Center places.
  23. Yup. And it’s not just about the W/L at the trail level. It’s about meticulously crafting everything to withstand the rigorous appeals that are inherent to those cases.
  24. Jfc. Does no one know that convicted felons can already vote in most places? https://felonvoting.procon.org/state-felon-voting-laws/
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