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Demaryius Thomas’ Mom, Grandma Have To Root From Prison
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| January 30, 2014 4:48 PM
Posted on 01/31/2014 7:31:45 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Life in prison with 40-year parole, for DRUG DEALING? Those are murder sentences. Ridiculous.
To: montag813
Actually, you get less time for murder. During my first divorce, my lawyer spent a lot of time with me going over the time you could get for murder.
For some reason.
/johnny
To: montag813
There was an article posted on FR a couple of weeks ago about countries with strict drug laws. There are a few Asian countries (Malaysia and Singapore come to mind) that have mandatory executions for drug dealers.
As you might expect, these countries don't have a problem with narcotics.
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posted on
01/31/2014 8:09:53 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: montag813
I suspect the multiple prior offenses had a lot to do with these sentences.
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posted on
01/31/2014 8:10:20 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: BenLurkin
I deplore these “cute” snarky comments about others — I thought we were supposed to be above all that.
This is a heart-warming story. Ghetto kid grows up straight, gets scholarship to Georgia Tech and goes on to become a superstar in the NFL? Playing for a SuperBowl ring at age 26?
And his uncle, the Baptist minister, does not get credit for raising this fine young man?
I hope he has a breakout day Sunday!
Incredible!
Where are our values? Where are our morals? Where is our understanding of what makes a good and just society?
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posted on
01/31/2014 8:24:04 PM PST
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: Taxman
Isn’t the story in the paper about the grandmother rooting from her prison cell?
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posted on
01/31/2014 8:31:41 PM PST
by
funfan
To: BenLurkin
Why is it the republican leadership is so gung-ho to grant amnesty to foreigners who have and who continue to break our laws, but insist on full-blown punishment for American citizens? I say, if republicans forgive the ongoing crimes of millions of foreign lawbreakers, the prisons should be emptied of citizen lawbreakers.
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posted on
01/31/2014 8:34:12 PM PST
by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: montag813
“Those are murder sentences. Ridiculous.”
Agreed - I think they are federal charges, war on drugs baby!
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posted on
01/31/2014 8:46:04 PM PST
by
jocon307
To: funfan
The REAL story is how, despite being dealt a terrible hand, Thomas prospered to the point of playing in the SuperBowl.
The sub-story is his aunt and uncle taking him in and raising him to be a productive citizen.
The fact that his mother and grandmother are in prison for drug dealing is incidental, IMHO.
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posted on
01/31/2014 8:46:51 PM PST
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: montag813
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posted on
01/31/2014 8:55:08 PM PST
by
Arthurio
To: doc1019
After a couple of years behind bars, she will regret that decision. she has been there since 1999... her mother should have insisted that her daughter turn state evidence against her...
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posted on
01/31/2014 9:51:42 PM PST
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: JRandomFreeper
How old are these people. I'm sorta thinking there's a short iteration cycle going on... this is right out of Orange is the New Black...
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posted on
01/31/2014 9:53:40 PM PST
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: Sgt_Schultze
You win the thread prize for best post.
Bigbiz have bankrolled the campaigns of these Republican/Democrat sellouts with $ and votes to keep those borders open...And government gains an easily controlled uneducated population which has no problem with handouts/socialism.
They’ll do anything to save their low wage labor golden goose...
Profits and power regardless of consequences...
They don’t give a sh*t about Americans...
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posted on
01/31/2014 9:58:47 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Sgt_Schultze
Why is it the republican leadership is so gung-ho to grant amnesty to foreigners who have and who continue to break our laws, but insist on full-blown punishment for American citizens?
My thoughts exactly. We have draconian punishments for non-violent crimes. The IRS is persecuting conservatives while Dinesh D'Souza is arrested with bond set at $500,000.00 and anyone suggesting that the word 'marriage' refers to a very special and unique bond between a man and a woman is somehow evil. We live in such a strange upside-down world. You're right - there are plenty of people deserving of amnesty long before we get to illegal aliens... and yes, the phrase "illegal alien" is also taboo.
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posted on
01/31/2014 11:39:39 PM PST
by
Maurice Tift
(Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
To: Taxman
I agree - what a story to be told. What an accomplishment.
btw - GO HAWKS!
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posted on
01/31/2014 11:43:56 PM PST
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
To: Taxman
I agree with you and just shows you what the media values drugs and stories about people who use drugs.
Now contrast that with the article I read today about the Obama admin looking for candidates who were incarcerated for drugs and wanting to commute their sentences or something like that. I feel like the media is using this narrative to push for Obamas wants IMO.
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posted on
02/01/2014 12:12:56 AM PST
by
funfan
To: Maurice Tift
Because the American people are a threat to them and the majority cannot be bought with thier handouts and entitlements
To: Taxman
Agreed! The kid was dealt a bad hand and instead of using that as an excuse to go down the same path, he chose to be positive and make something of himself.
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posted on
02/01/2014 4:18:43 AM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: BenLurkin
They should have been sentenced to prison just for naming him Demaryius.
To: Taxman
This is a heart-warming story. Ghetto kid grows up straight, gets scholarship to Georgia Tech and goes on to become a superstar in the NFL? Playing for a SuperBowl ring at age 26?Thomas was also the player who caught the pass from Tim Tebow that shocked the Steelers in the 2012 AFC wild card game.
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