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Absolutely nothing but it makes for another great straw man.

If you trust me to say, in Ex Parte Garland the Supreme Court ruled that the authority to pardon by the president for a federal crime is almost unlimited. They specifically stated that this authority includes before an investigation, while a criminal charge is pending (such as an indictment) or after conviction. The limiting factor is that the president cannot pardon a crime that has not already occurred. For example that the president said that you are pardoned for any crime committed between January 1, 2000 and today, 12-9-24, then you are not criminally responsible for any crimes, including those, not yet even discovered. If you commit a crime tomorrow on 12-10-24, the pardon has no effect. So Biden cannot say, I pardon Hunter until the year 2035. Any crime that he “may have committed” after January 1, 2014 and the day he was pardoned, he cannot be charged. On an interesting note, I believe that Hunter Biden was named to the board of Burisma and the oil kickback scandal, with 10% for the big guy, not long after January 1, 2014. I don’t think the date that the pardon started was chosen at random.

No.

The Constitution and the Supreme Court decision in Ex Parte Garland. Do you want the explanation, particularly in Ex Parte Garland?

The Constitution doesn’t allow it. Trump would be the president, not the governor. The president has the constitutional authority to pardon anyone for a federal crime. A president has absolutely no authority over a state crime. This was the state homicide. It is dual sovereignty. Each state is a separate country within the federal authority of the United States. The president has no authority over state politics, which was pretty much the entire intent of the Constitution.

Trump could not have pardoned him.

Maybe my criminal justice learning from 35 years ago aren’t so dated…..

🤣 I just read on X that this guy admired Ted Kaczynski. EDIT: Auto correct

It makes you wonder. It has been many years since I went to serial killer school but there may be similarities. Certainly theories and/or circumstances change with time so this may be nonsense or it simply doesn’t apply to this person. Back then I was taught that some of the killers thought of themselves superior to law enforcement and couldn’t be caught. They might leave cryptic messages or clues or just be brazen. Kind of like, I will leave these buffoons some clues but they still won’t catch me. Did this guy want to be caught? From the tidbits of information given by NYPD, he had his own political motivation or hatred toward a situation. He had writing on him maybe like a Ted Kaczynski/Unabomber manifesto but not nearly as extensive. I think the UnaBomber who managed to avoid detection for almost 20 years. I believe it was his brother. who turned him in when the FBI released his manifesto to the public. His brother either recognized his writings or his writing style. Did this guy think that he was clever or as you suggest, he wanted to get caught and it might turn out to be just that simple.

Straw Man, yet again. Who has said that the speaker is “so powerless”? Out of the 254 counties in Texas, most are ignored if they have the speaker? Your predictions haven’t been very accurate lately but who knows, maybe your prognosticating has improved.

Yep, that’s what I was thinking about. This seemingly big plan… and he still has the gun?

Guy might have still had the gun?

What do you mean? There is no way Trump can beat her. Y’all will see!!

A CB endorsement is like the kiss of death…..

WRONG!! Democrats riot when they protest. If Republicans protest, it’s an insurrection. 🤣

Cue the riots….

George Zimmerman Kyle Rittenhouse Daniel Perry Daniel Penny All political prosecutions…..

How many times?? Democrats apparently hate self defense.

Not guilty!!

He and some of the other Democrats might be perturbed about missing some possible committee chairman positions. With the ongoing fight over the next speaker, we might end up with a Phelan clone.

🤣🤣🤣 Maybe we want Paxton and his cronies. What has Phelan brought to SE Texas?

The Texas Penal Code, as an example, lists three reasons for punishments. It is to be used as a deterrent, rehabilitation and to punish so as to protection of the public. In a case like this, rehabilitation is out of the question. So is a deterrent. He won’t have to worry about getting in more trouble by re-offending. That leaves purely punishment to prevent reoccurrence. Life without parole satisfies that objective. Having him put to death would certainly be satisfying to many people. I only wish that they had more punishment than merely being in prison without parole. Perhaps hard labor, restricted exercise time out of his cell, etc. If you want to get out of that 8’x8’ box? Hard labor or you can stare at walls all day

The judge dismissed the Manslaughter charge at the request of the prosecution. The other option was to declare a mistrial. The judge has sent the jury back to deliberations for the lesser included offense of Criminal Negligent Homicide. According to the way I read the judge’s comments, the jury could not move on to the lesser charge unless they have acquitted Penny of the more serious charge. If the judge declared a mistrial, the prosecution would have to start the whole thing over and I’m guessing that they could see the handwriting on the wall. They were definitely not going to get the Manslaughter charge which is basically murder, but in sudden passion in this case. For that reason, the prosecution asked for the dismissal of the Manslaughter. From my understanding of double Jeopardy, that charge can never be brought up again. If it was a mistrial, then the prosecution could go after Manslaughter a second time. With this dismissal, that charge is now forever off of the table. If the jury cannot reach a unanimous decision in the lesser charge, the judge will declare mistrial and the prosecution has to decide whether to do it all over again but only for the lesser charge.

I can understand that. I am not against the death penalty but I am also not against life without parole.

Such a comedy of errors… 🤣🤣🤣