I’m from the other side of the pond, what does this mean? I’m having a blast with all the Trump memes but this one’s too specific for me :(
Before sentencing a judge is given a report on the felon’s behavior, likelihood to recommit crimes, and general overview of a subjects temperament.
Trumps is going to be amazing.
Do we think this report will be honest? Trump always has people around him telling lies for him.
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They get interviewed by a court official
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They have to pee in a cup for a drug test in front of said officer
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The room is mirrored, so no shenanigans can go on during the pee in the cup phase
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They are asked a bazillion questions that have to be answered, or you go directly to jail.
Fuck off for even implying that this process won’t be honest
Probation is possible for this type of white collar felony but Trump was already convicted of criminal contempt due to violating the gag order 10 times while in trial. The gag order is still in place until sentencing on July 11 but he keeps running his mouth and will most likely violate it again. So instead of probation he could get up to 4 years per count but usually they would be run concurrent.
His mouth is going to take probation to federal pound you in the ass penitentiary.
His mouth is going to take probation to federal pound you in the ass penitentiary.
I want to believe!
But this is a state case so the best we can hope for is actually serving some prison time in a state penitentiary and the upside is that it should be in Rikers!
While I earnestly support Trump getting everything he deserves, Rikers needs SERIOUS reform and honestly probably to be torn down.
Thousands of people are held at Rikers for months before ever seeing a judge or being arraigned, because cash bail keeps them locked up, and overloaded courts keep them there for longer
A probation officer working for the court will prepare a report on the defendant’s background, including any mitigating circumstances, criminal history, behavior, etc that would impact the sentencing. Trump’s gag order violations are likely going to be used to justify stricter sentencing.
Fellow right-side-of-the-ponder here (so take with a heap of salt). So basically both sides present mitigations (“my client had a clean record until now”, “the defendant was found liable for SA”, sort of thing). These may change the outcome of the sentencing, including specific dates for any period of incarceration.
There will also be part of this given over to why they defendant shouldn’t be found liable for also violating his gag order (very similar to the ones before, but this one is now he is a felon). And if the defense counsel can’t explain why he did that (which is pretty much indefensible) then he can be both found liable for the breach and have it impact his potential sentence.
I am not a lawyer, I am not American, this is just what I understand, until someone better comes along to correct me.
Very good.
On one hand the report could say the convict has always been a good person until now.
Or………
I could say the convict has spent the last 6 months threatening the judge’s daughter wracking up 9 contempts of court. The contempt cannot affect the sentence, but it will surely speak to character for a parole of that unaffected sentence.
I’m just waiting for the day Trump says “fuck this shit” and fucks off to Russia never to return.
Not only is he only useful over here, he’s probably been instructed that he won’t be safe if he decides to quit this mob racket.
I doubt Russia wants him and I also doubt he wants to go to Russia either
That’s nothing, I’m waiting for when Trump gets the chance to say something on the record at sentencing
I guarantee that up to this point his lawyers have been keeping a cork in his yap hole but if he’s actually required to give a statement we could see some real shit.
Yeah, not to mention the Judge can take into consideration whether or not the criminal expressed remorse for their actions. Trump left the courtroom after being handed 34 guilty verdicts, called the trial a sham, and said the result didn’t matter because the “real” result was going to be Nov. 5th.
The Judge already determined that fines do not work on Trump and that he is flippant about his prospects of seeing actual punishment in regards to this case. He deserves the maximum prison sentence.
This is Trump’s last chance to bait the judge into doing something rash that would help on appeal.
Only when Trump is the defendant would anyone consider penalizing over a dozen violations that are each individually bad enough to get normal people jailed for contempt of court “rash”.
Enough with the absurd levels of overcautiousness at the expense of seeking anything that even remotely resembles justice already!
Every single thing you say is true.
However, he appointed SCOTUS justices who are looking for any excuse to overturn the ruling.
The stakes are too high to ignore the real politik.
