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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBREAKING: McDonnells Indicted on 14 Counts; Potential for Decades in Jail, $1 Million in Fines
http://bluevirginia.us/showDiary.do?diaryId=10904Fascinating how the two Republicans elected governor in 2009 are now both waste/neck-deep in corruption scandals.
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BREAKING: McDonnells Indicted on 14 Counts; Potential for Decades in Jail, $1 Million in Fines (Original Post)
lowkell
Jan 2014
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gopiscrap
(23,747 posts)1. Excellent nail those fucking assholes!
CTyankee
(63,901 posts)2. "two decades in prison"? Oh, be still my beating heart!
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)3. he'll get a slap on the wrist and a token fine and be told to behave himself.
he's white and privileged.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)4. If he gets convicted. Not going to be easy, imo.
The track record for these kinds of cases is not that great - juries tend to get confused by all of the detail and all it takes is one juror who decides he/she is not going to convict no matter what the evidence.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)6. jury tampering. A good business to be in for rethug baggers
JT Inc.
All the CEO has to do is make a real expensive speech somewhere to get paid.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)5. dang good news.
maybe now the rest of the litter will wise up and realize the world isn't their own fucking candy store.