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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month agoActually judges can and should call foul on plea deals that are poorly worded so as to allow future violations of tax law.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 month agoA violation is a violation. A plea deal can’t make a future act not a crime. That’s completely nonsense.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoExactly, which is why the judge objected to plea deal. Are you following now?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoNo that’s a fig leaf of a cover, not an actual reason.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoIt was “the” reason in the same way that SCOTUS decided history doesn’t support gun control. He made it up.
Actually judges can and should call foul on plea deals that are poorly worded so as to allow future violations of tax law.
A violation is a violation. A plea deal can’t make a future act not a crime. That’s completely nonsense.
Exactly, which is why the judge objected to plea deal. Are you following now?
No that’s a fig leaf of a cover, not an actual reason.
No, it was quite literally the reason.
It was “the” reason in the same way that SCOTUS decided history doesn’t support gun control. He made it up.