• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      Do convicted people not have the right of appeal now?

      I couldn’t give less of a shit what happens to Hunter Biden, but this is pretty standard for someone facing prison time, isn’t it?

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          As far as I know, you have the right to appeal even if you can’t afford a lawyer. Your appeal will just probably fail. But then Hunter’s appeal might fail. I’m not saying the justice system is fair, but this particular story seems like it would be something anyone in his situation would do.

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            Yeah, I was being flip. Everyone has the right, but having the right and exercising it are two different things.

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      I’m not going to pretend that if I were facing jail time and my lawyer said “this is another legal thing that can be done in the hopes of avoiding jail time” that I would say “I broke the law, I should just go to jail and serve my time.” I’d probably do the thing my lawyer said was an option.

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        But someone online is tired of seeing him in the headlines tho!

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        So you’re cool with all of trump’s delay tactics and legal loophole bullshit then?

        This is a waste of money time and resources. It’s trying up a court system. He broke a law. He is guilty. He goes to fucking jail.

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          I mean fuck trump but he should be entitled to the same process as anybody else

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            He’s guilty. That’s not up for debate. At this point, it’s just fucking around with the legal system. No one should be entitled to that- It’s not an entitlement. It’s an abuse of the legal system and a waste of money.

            No amount of repositioning the argument changes the fact that he broke a fucking law.

            Period.

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              How did he break the law? This case has been set from the start that it is going to be used to drive gun restriction change. Either A, the form is unconstitutional, or B. It isn’t and gun restriction is completely legal.