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Not Guilty by Reason of Limited English proficiency
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| February 2, 2004
| Rob Toonkel
Posted on 02/08/2004 4:43:09 AM PST by lainde
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posted on
02/08/2004 4:43:09 AM PST
by
lainde
To: lainde
Did a search...Haven't seen this one.
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posted on
02/08/2004 4:43:37 AM PST
by
lainde
(Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)
To: lainde
Not a good idea:
It matters not that you had no knowledge of the law
UNLESS YOU DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH or are an ILLEGAL ALIEN.
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posted on
02/08/2004 4:52:01 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: lainde
Try this in some other country and see how fast they throw you in jail. This is the liberal law that will finish off our tattered judicial system.
Insist Congress pass a stiff law that in America in matters of law, only English will be spoken. If a crime has been committed, the person will not be excused because he/she can't speak English. Homeland defense hasn't a chance with incidences like this; anyone can commit a crime and get away with it. The court was wrong!
Another way of looking at this is that some politicians and feel gooders are trying to Balkanize the United States. It shouldnt be allowed to happen English only put the burden on the person visiting this country legally or illegally, not the police, courts, etc,; most other countries use English as their go-between language.
Miqueas Acosta pulled the wool over their liberal eyes with this one, IMHO.
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posted on
02/08/2004 5:18:42 AM PST
by
yoe
To: lainde
Both the criminal and the Judge should be put in prison in the same cell and the "Judge" can teach the creep english before he is deported.
If the Judge thinks the creep can't be convicted because he doesn't speak English, the "Judge" makes a good case for excluding all persons who don't speak English from immigrating into this country. To do so will create great lawlessness.
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posted on
02/08/2004 6:12:36 AM PST
by
chatham
To: lainde
It's unfair that we're being forced to change our entire legal system because of mass, uncontrolled immigration but that's exactly what's happening.
And what's worse those in government have no idea or could care less how much resentment they are causing among the general population when they engage in these type of double standards.
To: sweetliberty; Mo1; nicmarlo; Travelgirl; TheBattman
Y'all have to see this!
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posted on
02/08/2004 7:53:57 AM PST
by
Budge
( <>< .)
To: Budge; sweetliberty
It tells Americans that lack of English proficiency is a valid excuse for those suspected of criminal activity. Furthermore, it places an undue burden on police officers working to protect our nation. Absolutely ridiculous!
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posted on
02/08/2004 7:56:08 AM PST
by
nicmarlo
To: nicmarlo
Don't you just love this part?
Acosta claimed that the drugs, with a street value of $100,000, were not his and that he had only been hired by an acquaintance to drive the van from New York to Philadelphia.
The guy had enough command of our language to explain this...
Unreal!
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:00:32 AM PST
by
Budge
( <>< .)
To: nicmarlo; Budge; MeekOneGOP; Mo1
Now, not only do they get free rein to be here, but a free pass on other crimes they commit as well, as long as they continue to refuse to learn the language. Lovely.
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:00:59 AM PST
by
sweetliberty
(To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
To: lainde
be careful not to blame immigrants for idiotic judiciary.
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:02:26 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: lainde
Anyone who supports illegal aliens is at best soft on crime and identifies with criminals. This goes one insane step fruther.
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:07:02 AM PST
by
Dante3
To: Budge
Oh, but that was probably through a translator! : )
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:13:36 AM PST
by
nicmarlo
To: sweetliberty
not only do they get free rein to be here, but a free pass on other crimes they commit as well, as long as they continue to refuse to learn the language. Lovely. So, when a man rapes a girl, his defense, if arrested, can be that he doesn't speak English?
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:14:33 AM PST
by
nicmarlo
To: sweetliberty; Budge
In the state where the judge made this ruling, all other criminals, who don't speak English, will now be able to use this as a defense to get off being convicted of any crimes: raping 5-year-old girls, stealing from businesses, causing deaths via automobile accidents while in a drunken stupor, shooting people.....
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:17:52 AM PST
by
nicmarlo
To: lainde
This is so beyond ridiculous. Delay the guy's pay check and watch how fast he demands it in English. Btdt, if it wasn't so sad it'd be funny.
To: nicmarlo
It's one of those slippery slopes that Scalia keeps trying to pound into the national "brain". He warned us about the Texas sodomy case...And now the polygomists are demanding to be legally married. I hear about sickening cases of incestuous couples wanting their "justice". And of course NAMBLA is just biding their time...
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:36:12 AM PST
by
lainde
(Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)
To: lainde
The creation of a superior class continues. "..In declining states the leadership intuitively choses the most harmful course of action."-A Great Historian 1888
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:38:41 AM PST
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(Further, the statement assumed)
To: Diogenesis
It matters not that you had no knowledge of the law UNLESS YOU DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH or are an ILLEGAL ALIEN... or a legal visitor to the country!
To: All
The anti immigration crowd are posting their stuff in the wrong place. They should be on black websites, not here. Have the blacks stay home in protest to the Dem party policies. The issue will resonate with blacks because they have so much to lose. Hispanics have surpassed them in numbers as the dominant minority. It will get worse if the demographic shift continues.
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posted on
02/08/2004 8:43:10 AM PST
by
Owen
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