Whenever I am reminded of this part of the Kennedy history, I go into a rage paralysis. It is so unbelievably evil what her parents did to her, and how they treated her afterward (as an imbecile). She wasn’t even allowed to visit the family estates until after her father died 25+ years after the lobotomy, because her…

The first one reminds me of that scene in Independence Day where the slimy alien is communicating through the scientist in a hissed whisper ... “Release. Me.”

There is objectively no way he was “partying in NK” - you cannot go to NK as a tourist any way except through guided tours which are chaperoned at all times by NK authorities. So, clearly that story is absolutely false. Also, if you feel no sympathy at all for this situation then you may be a lost cause.

Well, nobody is allowed to walk in NK alone. The only tourism that is done there is through 3 Chinese tourist groups that organize guided tours and NK authorities are chaperoning the whole time.

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Well I’m sorry you’re irritated, but that doesn’t mean this kid deserves 15 years. You’d be surprised how many tour companies run tours through both of those countries, with lots of evidence that they are perfectly safe if done right. I wouldn’t deduce his going there to having an attitude that he can “do whatever he…

“According to all reports” = According to all reports from NK authorities. Also, I feel like you might not understand what 15 years in a hard labor camp means. And if you do and still feel like “well, he did the crime...” then I'm beginning to understand why we have a mass incarceration problem in the US.

I'm not sure so I'd be so quick to trust North Korean authorities. In fact, I'd put money on him not having done this. These are the same authorities that have let their population go blind from malnutrition and claim they've already been to war and beat the US

Yes that is right, thank you for the clarification. However, it is still not a crime that is ever pursued by the US Attorney’s office. They send those matters directly to DHS, and only try to charge if its the 3rd or 4th illegal entry.

Well, it's promising that DOJ has begun cracking down on this shit (see: Rikers report, Miami-Dade report), but as the law stands it is extremely difficult to win an 8th Amendment cruel & unusual claim based on prison conditions. It's almost a willful infliction of harm standard. Alas, I still think this would qualify…

But seriously how has he not been impeached for this? From what I understand this isn’t a proper immigration detention facility (which are run my the federal government and not state government) and being here undocumented is not a crime. Hence why you can’t detain people in immigration proceedings unless they’re a…

No. Not everybody hates Will Ferrell, and they shouldn’t. That is just being on the wrong side of the nonissue.

Oh man, I couldn’t disagree with you more. Did you watch the season? Did you see how Amber & Friends bullied Jubilee incessantly, using racially-driven spars like “Ben wants a girl who can get along with the other [white] soccer moms.” Eff that nonsense.

Oh man, the WTA.

Woah. May not want to say you can’t wait to see somebody’s daughter use a wire hanger.

Ugh. Fuck this cop. I mean, I don’t really object to what he did from a legal standpoint since they can’t try him again anyway so its moot. However, it is not moot for the two families who want nothing more than some closure. For that reason, fuck this cop.

He was found liable wrongful death. The burden of proof is much lower (preponderance of the evidence rather than beyond a reasonable doubt). Lots of cases fall in that category: less sure than criminal conviction but more sure than civil liability. I wouldn’t say that proves definitively that he did it.

Great quote. However, Toti is an attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights and is representing Texas abortion providers.

Its Kennedy that needs to come to this realization. Roberts is a lost cause here.

The intent isn’t even the issue here. Before getting to that, the prosecution would need to prove the “act” element of the crime, which for manslaughter is “the killing of a human being.” It doesn’t seem they will be able to do that.