My heart is bursting. On the eve of my first child's birth, my dad - who's been in prison nearly my entire life - was granted clemency. He never intended harm, yet his crime devastated many families. My heart breaks for the families that can never get their loved ones back.
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Replying to @chesaboudin
How did he not intend harm? Genuinely curious how one can interpret the actions of that robbery as one that was attempted to be peaceful
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Replying to @SterlingRettke @chesaboudin
There’s a diff between property crimes and crimes with the intent to physically harm another person. That’s clearly what he meant. As an unarmed driver of the car, he didn’t harm another and had no intent to. His role was wrong but the severity of the punishment was also wrong.
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He drove people carrying guns to a bank robbery. Knowingly!!! If that is not INTENT then what is? He carried death in his car and paid the consequences as any other person would .
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Replying to @friskygz @jenkalant and
If he had pulled the trigger, otherwise he was merely involved in armed robbery, also a violent crime we incarcerate people for.
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Look here's a murder getaway driver pleading to felony accessory after the fact, a much more reasonable charge. This disparity is why felony murder usually viewed as a political punishment is unjust and in the process of being abolished.https://www.dnronline.com/dnronline/convicted-murderers-getaway-driver-pleads-guilty/article_daebeb86-936b-573c-b197-e6d68f671541.html …
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