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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

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In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416, Winston , 199 S.E.2d

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Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining

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It depends on deception to “sidestep the law without changing the law.”. For example, a collection of evidence about a single felony offense will be broken down into separate misdemeanor offenses labeled as separate “acts.” Lies about law involve lawyers twisting statutes until they no longer represent the original law.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

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faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. Oh yea, he was reportedly not wearing a mask outside of Trump’s Virginia gold course but he was wearing an inflatable Trump inner tube. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations.

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