Posted on 02/02/2012 9:32:30 PM PST by artichokegrower
Well known marine biologist Nancy Black was released without bail Thursday after pleading not guilty to a host of charges related to her research with killer whales on Monterey Bay.
"This thing has been kicking around since 2006. If she was going to run away she'd be gone by now," said U.S. District Court Judge Howard Lloyd.
But Lloyd required Black to turn over her passport, submit to drug testing and face a $50,000 penalty if she doesn't make her next appearance Feb. 13.
(Excerpt) Read more at montereyherald.com ...
The Constitution is a list of enumerated powers given to the federal government by the states and agreed to by the people. If it's not there, they can't do it.
I'm missing the whale section in my Constitution.
/johnny
“I’m missing the whale section in my Constitution.”
Look for it in the shadows of the penumbra of the 14th..
“Those charges carry a combined maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and $500,000 in fines. “
Just incredible! Our Federal Government is totally out of control. The idea that anyone faces this kind of penalty for feeding anything is just outrageous. But then we have the EPA and their Gestapo ( The Army Corps of Engineers) doing essentially the same thing over “wetlands.” Never let your lawn sprinklers run too long or you may create a “wetland.”
“The actual crime is a misdemeanor, but the federal government is furious that one of the peasants may not have submitted properly.”
The lesson here for everybody is this: don’t ever talk to the Feds (any federal agency) without a lawyer present..period. The big “crime” here is lying (or allegedly lying) to a fed.
The monterey county sheriff should be asking this question of the federal government. If he isn’t, it’s time to elect a new sheriff.
The lesson is the citizens need to disarm the feds from their usurped authority.
That is the true and effective remedy.
This is the country of free speech, and independence, remember?
She’s a whale killer!
or, is it, she’s a whale! Kill ‘er!?
Appears that she has been munching on a WHALE of a lot of Oreos!
“The lesson is the citizens need to disarm the feds from their usurped authority.”
I agree. But in the meantime if you happen to fall into their clutches, say nothing.
“Appears that she has been munching on a WHALE of a lot of Oreos!”
Think there was more than munching going on..
She would have been better off engaging in insider trading and destroying the evidence, like Martha Stewart did.
Almost no jail time.
Martha Stewart received NO jail time for insider trading. She was convicted of - you guessed it - lying to the feds.
I liked this part the best,
There is no SEC rule stating that convicted felons may not be officers of public companies. But most publicly traded companies aren't likely to let a felon head the company, according to Solomon Wisenberg, a white collar criminal defense lawyer in Washington.
Was it a white whale? Was Moby Dick a hate crime?
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