Politics Justice Clarence Thomas Asks Questions in Court, 1st Time in 10 Years

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    That's 85% of the inmate's plea bargain, not 85% of the stupendously long standard sentence for the "crime that is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year." Almost every trivial crime has been reclassified to a felony in order to scare the accused to give up their right to trial.
     
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    According to a report by the Pew Center

    Inmates released from prison in 2009 spent an average of 2.9 years — or 36 percent longer behind bars than offenders released in 1990, the report found.

    It should also be noted that petty offender’s time in prison were included in the PEW study results to get to the 2.9 year average.

    And all of our prisons are overflowing, even the privately owned and operated prisons.
     
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    Most of those incarcerated don't belong there.
     
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    You and I are arguing different issues. I agree with you on your issue, that sentences have gotten longer. That's my whole point, but I'm finding the cause and you aren't.
     
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    Which trivial crimes have been reclassified to a felony? I can not find any.

    I did find where CA reclassified some of their non-violent felonies down to misdemeanors. This gave back some of the rights the criminals lost as felons.

    http://www.wbur.org/npr/435513407/t...d-some-californian-felons-get-a-second-chance
     
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    Thomas' questions today sounded really very interesting and spot on, which makes it even more of a shame that he hasn't asked a question in 10 years. 10 years.

    For that, among other reasons, I think he has been an embarrassingly bad justice.
     
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    jlprk doesn't come from any of those.
     
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    Thomas was coached on what to say, here's trying to take Scalia's spot on the lucrative speech circuit.
     
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    Scalia isn't asking questions and not on the speaking circuit. Someone filling in is bound to happen. Only the conservative needs to ask questions, the liberals already know the desired
    ruling they need to render.
     
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    Marazul, that is such a patently ridiculous take, but for starters, I direct your attention to Bush v. Gore, and then you can tell me about which justices go in having their minds made up before reading briefs and hearing oral argument.
     
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    Maybe Thomas is trying to step up and fill Scalia's shoes, or maybe Thomas was so intimidated by Scalia that he didn't dare speak. Maybe Scalia made fun of him.

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