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Goodheart

(5,324 posts) Tue Jul 28, 2020, 01:25 PM Jul 2020

Barr's justification for reducing Stone's sentence... verbalized to Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga) [View all]

After Johnson asked him if he had changed Stone's punishment to do what trump wanted him to do, Barr responded:

"Let me ask YOU. Do you think it's fair for a 67 year old man to be sent to prison for seven to nine years?"

OMIGOD.

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Barr's justification for reducing Stone's sentence... verbalized to Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga) [View all] Goodheart Jul 2020 OP

Bill Cosby is in prison and he's older than that! Mystery sage Jul 2020 #1

He's black malaise Jul 2020 #2

Oops forgot about that little rule Mystery sage Jul 2020 #5

Why of course malaise Jul 2020 #7

Barr single-handedly repeals "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime" gratuitous Jul 2020 #3

If an old man commits a serious crime, yes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #4

Federal Bureau of Prisons data as of 25 July 2020: dalton99a Jul 2020 #6

+10000000 Nevilledog Jul 2020 #14

So is this why he protects DT? pandr32 Jul 2020 #8

YES, It is ABSOLUTELY FAIR billyboi MagickMuffin Jul 2020 #9

at 67 we all get to start commint crimes, and expect to go free. TeamPooka Jul 2020 #10

Good. I'm making a list right now. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #12

Oh my god!! Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #11

Did he whisper "white" in there somewhere? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2020 #13

"...for seven to nine years?" yonder Jul 2020 #15

Where do I apply for my "Get Out Of Jail Free" card? Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #16

60-somethings Wilhelm Frick (69) Wilhelm Keitel (64) Julius Streicher (61) were hung at Nuremberg Celerity Jul 2020 #17

So what was the answer from the Congressman genxlib Jul 2020 #18

Unsatisfactory. Goodheart Jul 2020 #19

That's a shame genxlib Jul 2020 #20