“I was stunned to hear he could be sentenced up to 99 years”
How could the system be this wrong?
It seems I remember that he was indicted for something that was legal at the time, but illegal AFTER he did the action.
It seems like he is completely innocent to me, but even if he wasn’t, why up to 99 years????
“...but illegal AFTER he did the action.”
That makes it an ex post facto prosecution. That would be a clear Constitutional violation.
But when it comes to Donkey politics, we don’t need no steeenkin Constitution! Just like its perfectly ok for the number of votes counted being more than the number of voters signing in! (an actual ruling of the MN Supreme Court regarding the governor’s election).