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Posted: 7/13/2017 9:57:53 AM EDT

DA FUQ.

FUSS

Will anything ever go right in this shit hole?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/nyregion/sheldon-silvers-conviction-is-overturned.html

Posted: 7/13/2017 10:08:20 AM EDT

[#1]

A merciful God will strike him dead today.

Posted: 7/13/2017 10:47:42 AM EDT

[#2]

A properly instructed jury might not have convicted him?

Posted: 7/13/2017 11:08:38 AM EDT

[#3]

Well now we know where additional corruption lies. Guarantee if YOU took $4mil in kickbacks your conviction would not be overturned

Posted: 7/13/2017 1:10:12 PM EDT

[#4]

Posted: 7/13/2017 5:37:01 PM EDT

[#5]

What in the actual fuck....damned NYS...just gets worse and worse...

Posted: 7/13/2017 5:46:13 PM EDT

[#6]

he will get off.. Someone should have dropped an assault weapon on him.. than it would have stuck

Posted: 7/13/2017 6:21:08 PM EDT

[#7]

The problem lies with SCOTUS, who is not always our friend. Their ruling in the former Virginia Governor McDonell's case pretty much legalized political corruption. The bar is so high now that I doubt the U.S. Attorney will get a conviction. Under SCOTUS, Silver was doing what was necessary to fulfil his duty as an elected official. I suspect Skelos will be the next one let off. The son, not being a politician will not be so lucky.

Posted: 7/13/2017 6:37:31 PM EDT

[#8]

The system is so fucking rigged its not even funny anymore.

Posted: 7/13/2017 11:44:24 PM EDT

[#9]

This is prime A pure undiluted bull shit.

Posted: 7/14/2017 7:13:40 AM EDT

[#10]

The swamp is extremely deep. The only way it might ever be drained is if the people do it themselves. We are a long way from that happening.

Posted: 7/14/2017 9:43:50 AM EDT

[#11]

The man knows how to party, I guess.

Posted: 7/15/2017 9:24:42 AM EDT

[#12]

The Lobbying gig he'll get next will make that four million look like chump change....until we read his obituary, we have not seen the last of Shelly Silver.

Posted: 7/15/2017 1:36:07 PM EDT

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They'll retry him.

Posted: 7/16/2017 7:10:51 AM EDT

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And it will be a waste of taxpayer money and time. The New York Post had an interesting op ed piece on this. At this point Silver is admitting that he did do the things he is accused of. Of that there is no question. The issue is does what he did rise to the level of corruption under the new bar set by SCOTUS. His legal team is arguing that had the jury been instructed on the SCOTUS ruling then he would have been found not guilty. Sadly I agree.

Posted: 7/19/2017 11:11:49 PM EDT

[#15]

Disgusting

Posted: 7/26/2017 5:45:29 PM EDT

[#16]

I assume Skelos will be freed next?

Posted: 7/26/2017 11:47:35 PM EDT

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Quite possible. But it will be interesting to see how they might approach it. If Skelos claims his activities were part of the political process then he might get his conviction overturned. But his son cannot make the same claim, since he did not hold elected office. So I suspect an admission by Dean that he did in fact do what he is accused of would screw any appeal by the son.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Silvers conviction got overturned

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