Fuck you US Government is more like it.
Oh, and the assholes that vote these idiots into office over and over again. I don't care if it's Pelosi/Boxer or Inhofe/Cruz, they all are pieces of shit.
Oh, and the assholes that vote these idiots into office over and over again. I don't care if it's Pelosi/Boxer or Inhofe/Cruz, they all are pieces of shit.
Because people are people, and many of them view the position of AUSA as a stepping stone to $800/hr jobs at white collar criminal defense firms or prestigious political appointments, they tend to file cases with which they can make a name for themselves. One way for them to do that is “creative prosecution” - charging people for conduct that isn’t clearly in violation of a given statute, and then trying to shoehorn the case into a conviction or guilty plea. There is no moral hazard for them in doing this - if they lose, nobody cares, and if they win, they get credit for their genius - so they will do it again and again until it works.
That’s what happened here - they managed to shoehorn a conviction in a highly questionable case, and the AUSAs behind it will ultimately leverage this into a better job and a better life. I’m not sure that voting for individual AUSAs is the answer, but something needs to be done to reign these people in. They currently have free reign to burn lives to the ground for their own gain.
The CEO's job is to create value for shareholders. The government's job is to create laws that benefit society and enforce them.
Fine, a lot of CEOs suck but it's basically their job to suck to the degree allowed by the law. Why don't we work on changing the laws instead of endless complaining about the CEOs.