Ah! I didn’t know that bit about state vs. federal, thanks!

Ahhhhhhh... wow... I thought it would be objective, that there would be way more structure to all of this. I thought people would have argued policy and there would be a philosophy behind everything. That would explain a lot.

I understand how you could be frustrated with me. All you see is a male face asking questions about attempted rape- it’s easy to jump to conclusions about my prejudices and intentions.

Something like years feels more appropriate. But why 6? Instead of say 1, 2, 4, or 10? And why did the probation official recommend 1? I’m just looking for why’s and I don’t know how to find any.

That’s what I thought, thanks. I didn’t know juries weren’t informed of potential jail time, but it makes sense if their job is just to decide if the law was broken.

Obviously I’m invested in this. There’s a reason.

For (a) I just found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_…. If I’m reading it correctly, a judge can only overturn a guilty verdict, because overturning an innocent verdict violates a defendant’s 6th amendment rights to a trial by jury.

Plus it sounds like the jury was pretty pissed that the DA wasn’t bringing charges against the proper defendants. It looks like the original DA lost her job over this, which I’d say is good. I don’t know if I can blame the judge for this one?

I looked that up and it was a jury trial, so the judge didn’t let them off... Don’t judges have to adhere to juries’ verdicts? Am I missing something...?

Plus I’m specifically curious about what the sentencing guidelines are in this case and whether (and to what degree) the judge did or didn’t adhere to the guidelines. The follow-up to that would be whether or not the judge has a poor history of following sentencing guidelines. Or a history of leading or instructing…

Um... I mean... that’s just not about the judge. That was a jury trial, and the jury found the defendants not liable. I thought that judges had to abide by the jury’s decisions, right?

He’s guilty. That’s for sure. Here’s my big question for general discussion: What should he have gotten?

What about garlic pills? I was desperate when I went to summer camp as a kid, these were supposed to make their way into your blood stream and eventually be secreted by your pores, making you smell bad to mosquitos but not to people. No idea if any of it is legitimate science.

This is one of the left’s true misunderstandings of Republican policy. The typical Democratic response to military spending is, “You’re being maddeningly inconsistent! Tighten your belt on the things I want cut too, or not at all!”

I’ve always had my suspicions about this. I’d like to see a proper study done on the demographics of jurors vs. the demographics of citizens the courts serve. I have no idea of all the factors at play. I think it’d at the least make for some great investigative journalism that could give us some hard data on…

I’m actually interested in which studies- do you have links? I’d like to know the degree of the problem as well as the variance.

Before I get into my point, I want to say *I* empathize with you. I’ve been through that, I recognize that reaction in myself, even if I don’t do exactly what you did.

I think Strawberry missed. If you look at other angles, he just goes flying by Benitez. 2:02 you can see him go off the bottom right of the frame and Benitez is still on his feet a moment later.

Honestly, I figured this one out on my own: it really is actually more disgusting to clean a toilet I use standing up vs. sitting down. I got my own studio apartment and I quickly learned it makes a huge difference. I hate cleaning toilets, and if I always sat, I had to clean it maybe 1/3 as often. It’s so blindingly…

It’s just a grading system. You need grades in order to prioritize things. For example: it might be nice to visit Georgia to see how their parks program operates and could be replicated in order to make NY parks better. It also would be a good idea to have law enforcement meetings with Georgia to coordinate the…