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Let me remind you that the judge in that scandal is a free man thanks to the President of the United States.

In my opinion the state, and the republican government that installed this atrocity is responsible, and voting themselves out of even the minimal normal restitution payment had they done this to adults are the people in the center of that scandal, and of course voting their party members free from criminal persecution.

And this is pretty much the entire republican party of Pennsylvania. Still. There's hardly any young (even if you define young as 40 or 50) people in, frankly, either party.

The pardon was granted by a Democratic president. This isn't a partisan issue. It's legalized corruption

And strangely enough, by the last President! Not even this fresh new one that we expect all the bizarre pardons from. That one was a Joe Biden classic.

Say what you want about "Nonviolent offender leniency", but occasionally nonviolent offenses are quantitatively and qualitatively more despicable than most violent offenses.

Killed a rival gang member? That's one thing. Improperly sent thousands of children to prison under color of authority, jeopardizing the legitimacy of the justice system in the process? I think that's one of those things that should be a hanging offense.

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