tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3769436241794100369..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: QotD: At the Speed of Bureaucracy EditionTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56549130825500275602010-12-23T05:53:09.041-05:002010-12-23T05:53:09.041-05:00irritablearchitect,
"Somebody get back with ...irritablearchitect,<br /><br />"<i>Somebody get back with the rest of the world and make the announcement when Aitken is actually on the other side of the barbed wire.</i>"<br /><br />He has been already.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39062102307900900472010-12-23T05:29:47.119-05:002010-12-23T05:29:47.119-05:00Somebody get back with the rest of the world and m...Somebody get back with the rest of the world and make the announcement when Aitken is actually on the other side of the barbed wire.<br /><br />Keep count of how long this takes.<br /><br />You'll not be impressed.<br /><br />How much longer do we take this abuse is my question.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42653273291375600652010-12-22T17:08:37.218-05:002010-12-22T17:08:37.218-05:00Except.
Except that you should be freed if the v...Except. <br /><br />Except that you should be freed if the verdict would have properly been found "Not Guilty," even if you're actually guilty. <br /><br />I agree that we don't need to allow illegally-obtained evidence into court, and that we shouldn't allow the state to perservere when it acts improperly. <br /><br />But there's a whole lot of these guys who are being retroactively found Not Guilty, who are anything but innocent. <br /><br />Let them out. Say you're sorry. Admit your wrong-doing. (As a cop who has walked a suspect out of the jail on more than one occasion, I can say this.) But don't assume that the correct action is to kiss their feet. Because trust me: a high percentage of those feet are pretty nasty.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38035265207407332742010-12-22T15:24:18.715-05:002010-12-22T15:24:18.715-05:00"I hope his guns are somewhere safe as well, ..."I hope his guns are somewhere safe as well, though they were probably stolen by the state folks."<br /><br />At this point they are still evidence in a case where the defendant was convicted. Best he can hope for is an order for them to be held as evidence pending resolution of the appeal(s) - otherwise the state has the legal go-ahead to confiscate and destroy them.<br /><br />It's in the attention to details, folks. WV = dunfer: what you are if you aren't paying attention.<br /><br />stay safe.skidmarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14957715713127301272010-12-22T15:02:43.845-05:002010-12-22T15:02:43.845-05:00Best wishes to Brian and his family over the holid...Best wishes to Brian and his family over the holiday season. I hope his guns are somewhere safe as well, though they were probably stolen by the state folks.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17310040961672992582010-12-22T10:49:52.153-05:002010-12-22T10:49:52.153-05:00Point taken. Commutation allows his appeal to go ...Point taken. Commutation allows his appeal to go forward, which might result in the law being overturned in light of <i>Heller</i> and <i>McDonald</i> and a court declaration of innocence. A pardon would make the case moot.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010868377109696846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85401110538032390962010-12-22T10:16:31.281-05:002010-12-22T10:16:31.281-05:00As has been discussed elsewhere: A pardon requires...As has been discussed elsewhere: A pardon requires an admission of guilt, and Brian Aitken (through his lawyers) did not seek a pardon.Sendariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286039362709773644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46192168791743151792010-12-22T10:02:30.787-05:002010-12-22T10:02:30.787-05:00What makes me sick is that Christie didn't par...What makes me sick is that Christie didn't pardon the guy, he simply commuted his sentence. Aitken gets to go home, but he's still a convicted felon with all the difficulty such status brings. Christie took the easy road.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010868377109696846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26713421076892916702010-12-22T09:58:59.092-05:002010-12-22T09:58:59.092-05:00Wonder if he has reconsidered his decision to move...Wonder if he has reconsidered his decision to move to NJ?Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60331924246258913102010-12-22T09:51:45.954-05:002010-12-22T09:51:45.954-05:00And now he's home.And now he's home.Rick Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7465982341058771492010-12-22T09:06:51.126-05:002010-12-22T09:06:51.126-05:00While I like the idea of NJ paying for his time in...While I like the idea of NJ paying for his time in the slammer, they would just steal the money from taxpayers. Perhaps they should have to cut their spending by a million per hour?Just Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66903502027921652282010-12-22T07:46:23.370-05:002010-12-22T07:46:23.370-05:00"...and then he would be led out of the cage,..."...and then he would be led out of the cage, across the <b>prostate</b> backs of the original judge and any cop who testified in the case, as the trumpets continued to blow."<br /><br />I never would have thought of giving their colons a Blood Eagle treatment myself, but you know...considering how they deliberately tried to, well, 'you know' Aiken, it find the imagery quite fitting. Particularly with the bear claw boots.Phssthpoknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90709329044708355312010-12-22T07:38:59.744-05:002010-12-22T07:38:59.744-05:00Actually, I would prefer the State of New Jersey b...Actually, I would prefer the State of New Jersey be forced to pay a million dollars an hour for Aitken's incarceration, and the gunslinging prosecutor who persecuted Aitken be dropped in a very deep hole. <br /><br />But the best result of all would be a total preemption of State and local gun laws, allowing only those convicted of a violent crime, or adjudged insane in a court of law, to be deprived of their full Second Amendment Right. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.com