Like, I think Trump is a piece of shit that should be rotting in jail. But this tweet is “due process is bad” and no, no it is not. Lots is wrong with our justice system. That is not one of those things
Justice deferred is Justice Denied. You’re not engaged in Due Process if the prosecution drags out for years and results in a prosecutor too terrified of the incoming elected President to recommend a sentence.
Compare the prosecution and sentencing of Donald Trump to Sam Bankman-Fried.
Trump had evidence assembled against him back in 2016. He remained shielded from prosecution for his first four-year term. His indictment and prosecution didn’t begin until March of 2023. The trial did not happen until May 30, 2024. It resulted in conviction on all counts. And then the sentence was… nothing.
Meanwhile, Sam Bankman-Fried had evidence of criminal misconduct presented in November of 2022. He was arrested on Dec 12, 2022, extradited from the Bahamas, and indicted the same day. He was tried, sentenced, and incarcerated by March 28, 2024, barely more than a year later.
To claim either of them was denied due process would be absurd. The distinction between the prosecution of these two high profile individuals is glaring.
That was not due process. That was delay delay delay obfuscate obfuscate obfuscate delay delay delay and let’s not forget install corrupt judges who refuse to recuse.
Like, I think Trump is a piece of shit that should be rotting in jail. But this tweet is “due process is bad” and no, no it is not. Lots is wrong with our justice system. That is not one of those things
Justice deferred is Justice Denied. You’re not engaged in Due Process if the prosecution drags out for years and results in a prosecutor too terrified of the incoming elected President to recommend a sentence.
Compare the prosecution and sentencing of Donald Trump to Sam Bankman-Fried.
Trump had evidence assembled against him back in 2016. He remained shielded from prosecution for his first four-year term. His indictment and prosecution didn’t begin until March of 2023. The trial did not happen until May 30, 2024. It resulted in conviction on all counts. And then the sentence was… nothing.
Meanwhile, Sam Bankman-Fried had evidence of criminal misconduct presented in November of 2022. He was arrested on Dec 12, 2022, extradited from the Bahamas, and indicted the same day. He was tried, sentenced, and incarcerated by March 28, 2024, barely more than a year later.
To claim either of them was denied due process would be absurd. The distinction between the prosecution of these two high profile individuals is glaring.
Due process is not bad. Delays because of corruption, politics, and moneyed interests is
That was not due process. That was delay delay delay obfuscate obfuscate obfuscate delay delay delay and let’s not forget install corrupt judges who refuse to recuse.
It was everything BUT due process.