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jlf1961 -> RE: Proof Of a "Multi-Tiered" Justice System (11/4/2017 2:06:01 PM)
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"I will consider the president's comments as mitigation evidence as I arrive at an appropriate sentence," he said.
As a candidate last year, Trump called Bergdahl a "dirty rotten traitor" and said he should be executed for leaving his post in Afghanistan.
Last month, Trump did not back off his previous remarks. "I think people have heard my comments in the past," he said.
The sentence will be reviewed by Army Gen. Robert B. Abrams, the convening authority in the case and commander of U.S. Forces Command. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Abrams can reduce the sentence or approve it but cannot increase it.
Unfortunately, after he was elected, the President did not abstain from making comments on the trial or the circumstances.
He has also made a number of comments concerning the current terrorism case in NYC, including saying the accused deserves the death penalty, along with a number of comments attacking judicial system at both federal and state levels.
Thus, the President is not following the normal standard of keeping quiet regarding on going trials or investigations.
I personally disagree with the sentence of the shit head by the military judge, personally I see what he did as desertion in a combat zone which should have warranted a firing squad.
And while I agree the defendant in NYC deserves a slow painful death over a fire, but since that is considered cruel and inhumane, it wont happen.
However, both cases proves one very important point.
In an age of social media, the president should refrain from voicing personal comments or opinions that could cause a criminal case of any type to go south.
While he is Commander in chief of the military, and the elected leader of the United States, it would be more appropriate to distance himself from these things since it contaminates any possible chance of an impartial jury or could be considered an attempt to influence the trial in such a way as improper.
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