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Tuesday, December 03, 2024

PARDONS 2.0

 First some sad news. Word reached us that retired Circuit Judge Martin Khan passed away on Thanksgiving. Martin Khan was a judge for too few years. He was wise, intelligent, and applied common sense with a good dose of humor, He was a judge during a time when judges did things - as he did- like have lasagne competitions and cookie bake-offs with defense and prosecutors participating. He was a fun person to be around and he loved his job and he loved doing justice. He had no discernible political bent on the bench and his eye was fully on the case and now how his decisions would affect his personal ambitions. There were too few like him then, and even fewer now. We will have more to say about him in a future post.

Our guest blogger found President Biden’s pardon of his son repulsive. We find it to be well taken, needed and hopefully will highlight the need for a closer examination of prosecutions and people serving long sentences from the 90s war on drugs. 

As to his son Hunter, the incoming administration has made no secret of its plans to seek revenge on their enemies by prosecuting them. President Biden had every reason to believe the incoming president would direct the DOJ to file more cases against his son as revenge for his multiple indictments. We are approaching a world where our justice system is going to be perverted by angry idiots who have never read the Constitution and have no intention on following it. More on that in January. 

What we hope is that the President turns his attention to the thousands  of people serving long sentences for non-violent drug crimes. Many of them have been in prison for 20,30,40 years and and it is time to set them free with a commutation.  Fair is fair, and these people have not been treated fairly. 

We also hope the President preemptively pardons former military officials, and current members of his administration who the incoming President and his brown-shirt like thugs have threatened. They have threatened to recall retired generals who protected the country and spoke out against the former and President-elects crimes and attempts to use the military against the citizens of this country. They have threatened to prosecute the media  who they call “enemies of the state” and they ascension to power is going to being very dark days indeed to this country. 

But for now, having protected his son, President Biden can commute the sentences of thousands of people serving non-violent drug crime sentences and allow them a chance at a life. 


8 comments:

Scotty Saul said...
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Scotty Saul said...

I find the disparity between the elite, "connected" defendant and the everyday defendant repulsive. What triggered my position was talking to a man convicted for a federal misdemeanor failure to file tax return case, where the client lost everything...and with tears in his eyes he said to me " I wish my last name was Biden". For decades I have been fighting so hard on behalf of my clients, yet if your last name is tied into top ranking government officials, you get a different set of rules. Just as when you were a kid and brought food to your classroom, everybody had to be eligible to get a piece, everybody and I mean EVERYBODY should be entitled to the same applications of the law. How do you think people in impoverished and oppressed areas feel about the pardon system ?
Tuesday, December 03, 2024 11:49:50 AM

Anonymous said...

The current administration has been carrying out precisely what you describe in your third paragraph, since at least 2020. Now, everyone wants to cry democracy and be scared. Trump is easy to hate, but the DoJ needs an overdue thorough housecleaning, starting with the FBI. In Kash we TRUST!

Anonymous said...

Mr. Saul: Director Patel magnificently outlines our "two-tier justice system" in "Government Gangsters." I too find it repulsive.

Sir Wilfred said...

Scott, a Pardon is an Executive act of clemency. It is solely at the discretion of the President. That is the way the Constitution / Supreme Law of the Land, set it up. It is a constitutional action , not an action of the Judicial System. It is outside the Judicial System in a way. No it isn’t equatable, it is an Executive gift of forgiveness.

Anonymous said...

I think you're confused about what you want. Your emotional connection to this client appears to have clouded your rational thinking. It sounds like what you're saying is that you are repulsed by the the pardon power generally, and not by THIS pardon. Because every pardon is basically the same as this one - someone was convicted of a crime and got exceptional relief from that conviction by way of the whim of the POTUS. And make no mistake, Hunter probably wishes that his name WASN'T Biden. Because if his name wasn't Biden, he wouldn't have been charged with being an addict in possession of a fire arm (or whatever the correct name of the charge was), and wouldn't have needed a pardon to begin with.

Anonymous said...

Man, you struggle with words.

Anonymous said...

how about trump letting alice johnson out because kim flashed her titties, hey rumpole, scott bubala, the shit is about to his the fan, a miami attorney is suing trump to stop his inauguration