Posted on 02/18/2020 5:31:28 PM PST by jazusamo
Toward the end of his life, the legendary criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow gazed back on his long career and sadly observed to a reporter: “There is no such thing as justice – in or out of court.”
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Stone was found guilty by a Washington jury of making false statements, obstruction and witness tampering in a case that arose from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The four trial prosecutors, two of whom worked for Mueller, requested a seven- to nine-year prison sentence for Stone.
Barr and other senior Justice Department officials felt the recommended sentence was “excessive” under the facts and circumstances of the case. In an interview with ABC News, Barr explained that “when people are working on one case, and devoting a lot to it, they can sometimes lose perspective.”
After consulting with senior lawyers at the Justice Department, Barr was under the impression that the trial prosecutors would back off their draconian recommendation. Instead, according to Barr, he expected the prosecutors would “let the judge decide and explain why a lower sentence could be justified.” Obviously, this did not happen.
Barr called it a “miscommunication.” When he learned that the line prosecutors had advocated to the judge a seven- to nine-year sentence, Barr notified his staff that corrective action would need to be taken the following morning “to amend and clarify what our position was.”
Importantly, this decision was made before President Trump tweeted a criticism of the sentencing recommendation as “horrible, unfair and a miscarriage of justice.”
The following exchange with ABC News removes all doubt about political interference by the president.
ABC News: So just to be clear, did you talk to the president at all about your decision regarding the recommendations?
Barr: The recommendations on this case? Never.
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Amy Berman Jackson doesn’t care if the planted Lead Juror attempted to murder Stone’s Family. She could care less - she does the Get Trump Op from the bench.
Remember, they came down hard on these people so they would invent some crimes Trump committed.
Stone had never broke a law in his life - and they put FOUR Prosecutors on the case.
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Yep, Jackson should not have been the judge on this case nor Tomeka Hart the lead juror.
TANJ. TANSTAAFL too.
Screw new trial. Pardon.
Anything coming out of the corrupt illegally-based Mueller probe is all tainted.
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Bump!
I wonder if the leftards would be moaning about “interference” if Barr mandated a more severe sentence.
Anybody seen a database of how long others get for lying to the FBI? I’ve hear 2 months is an average, but have zero idea if that’s correct.
Was it just the left’s good fortune that put Tomeka Hart in the jury pool. My paranoia tells me they went to a lot of trouble to see she was notified and then selected.
What should be done? Make wind ornaments.
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