Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: With any luck... Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 12:54:13 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <17d4851021324461$669$273357$d54a64@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 18:54:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7b1d91022057c3bddafb994e2f3c6ddc"; logging-data="2435101"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HVSbgWqHzGdiAtNPum6QyFKFLf1nY/b8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:xGDHI7AAkYWYGGn2f1tNId22lO8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2585 On 5/31/2024 6:53 AM, FPP wrote: > On 5/31/24 4:21 AM, trotsky wrote: >> On 5/30/24 10:31 AM, FPP wrote: >>> On 5/28/24 2:26 PM, trotsky wrote: >>>> With any luck Trump will be found guilty on all counts today. We've >>>> waited long enough. >>> >>> >>> Maybe Friday... today is really doubtful.  I expect he might be >>> guilty on some counts, and skate on others. >> >> >> Well neither of those happened. >> >> >> >>> But you never know what a jury will do.  Hung juries aren't like you >>> see on Teevee. >>> >>> It's pretty rare... about 6% of the juries hang.  Convictions are >>> more than 10 times that. >> >> >> This thing was more or less open and shut.  If only we could expect >> jail time to be sentenced.d >> > > I thought they might convict on the checks he signed, but let him skate > on those he didn't.  Juries like to split the difference... so opposing > sides all get something. > > Guess there were no opposing sides in the jury room. > > Jail time isn't out of the question.  He could serve weekends, or > community service, or house arrest.  Point is, he's going to be punished > with something. > > 34 felony counts aren't chickenfeed, and he hasn't demonstrated any > remorse.  The opposite, in fact... he's digging himself into a hole. I favor whatever punishment -- even including none -- has the least chance of being seen as a minimization, exoneration, or vendetta.