

Posted: 2/18/2016 11:30:24 AM EST
The U.S. attorney’s office is seeking 96 months in custody, three years
of supervised release and a $25,000 fine for former California Sen. Leland Yee, who pleaded guilty last July to one count of felony racketeering. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article60970082.html |
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That's it? Fuck that guy. How many years would I have been hit with if I'd been doing similar levels of arms trafficking?
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Seems to me like the fine should exceed the profits from the crime. Or is that forfeited separately?
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Quoted: That's it? Fuck that guy. How many years would I have been hit with if I'd been doing similar levels of arms trafficking? ![]() View Quote Think Hillary email scandal and where that's going. With all the felonies she just committed, life without parole |
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So operating a gun-running ring with the intent of funneling machine guns and explosives to organized crime and terrorists gets you less time than putting a shoelace on your trigger? No shit
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Maybe he can hook us up with some RPG's when the revolution comes.
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He's part of the democrat "in crowd". Think Hillary email scandal and where that's going. With all the felonies she just committed, life without parole View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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That's it? Fuck that guy. How many years would I have been hit with if I'd been doing similar levels of arms trafficking? ![]() Think Hillary email scandal and where that's going. With all the felonies she just committed, life without parole I know. I was being rhetorical, mostly. ![]() |
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Quoted: So operating a gun-running ring with the intent of funneling machine guns and explosives to organized crime and terrorists gets you less time than putting a shoelace on your trigger? No shit ![]() "Rule of law" in this country has become a fucking joke. View Quote |
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That's it? Fuck that guy. How many years would I have been hit with if I'd been doing similar levels of arms trafficking? ![]() View Quote Yeah, 8yrs and $25K for trafficking in machineguns and missiles - pretty much IS a slap on the wrist, especially since he'll go to Club Fed instead of PMITAFP. |
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I'll bet he's real sorry though. Maybe we'll get lucky if his ratting pissed off enough of Shrimp Boy's friends
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Really? I wonder what they would have recommended had it been, say, a conservative republican, or say, me as defendant?
Wanna bet it would have been a bit different? |
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So operating a gun-running ring with the intent of funneling machine guns and explosives to organized crime and terrorists gets you less time than putting a shoelace on your trigger? No shit ![]() "Rule of law" in this country has become a fucking joke. View Quote I have said it before and I will say it again. We have entered the banana republic phase! |
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Maybe the judge will impose the max of 20 years and $250k in fines.
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People who looked at kiddie porn pictures have received longer sentences then this. What a joke.
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He's part of the democrat "in crowd". Think Hillary email scandal and where that's going. With all the felonies she just committed, life without parole View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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That's it? Fuck that guy. How many years would I have been hit with if I'd been doing similar levels of arms trafficking? ![]() Think Hillary email scandal and where that's going. With all the felonies she just committed, life without parole Well SF did still give him over 300,000 votes after this broke the news, the Dems don't care or pay attention. Why would you expect anything different for Hillary? |
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If he gets throw in with the right group in prison there could still be a happy ending.
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He plead guilty to racketeering charges, not gun trafficking. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Doesn't CA have mandatory minimums for gun crime? That was federal, right? Which means the state can still charge him. |
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While pushing gun control bills through the Legislature. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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So operating a gun-running ring with the intent of funneling machine guns and explosives to organized crime and terrorists gets you less time than putting a shoelace on your trigger? No shit ![]() "Rule of law" in this country has become a fucking joke. How else was he going to beat the competition? |
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Maybe the judge will impose the max of 20 years and $250k in fines. ![]() ![]() View Quote There are some judges who would look at this joke of a plea deal and seeing how old Leland was a government official at the time would toss the agreement and impose the maximum penalty. I would imagine that this deal will not be presented before such a judge. |
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He didn't plea guilty to any gun crimes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Doesn't CA have mandatory minimums for gun crime? He didn't plea guilty to any gun crimes. Because gun charges are the first thing to do in the negotiations. I believe that I discussed this in the leniency for scumbags threads. Lots of guys in jail for non-violent drug crimes, because all the weapons charges and resisting arrest charges were dropped in plea negotiations. |
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I hope the NRA makes this guy a poster child for gun control.
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So...does he lose his RKBA? And when he's out, can he have his 2A right's restored like any felon who has served his time SHOULD? |
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That's it? Fuck that guy. How many years would I have been hit with if I'd been doing similar levels of arms trafficking? ![]() View Quote Probably about the same. Long prison terms in legislation that sounds great in the press have little to do with actions actually taken by prosecutors and courts. I'll be surprised if he actually spends eight years in prison. The typical murderer is out in seven and a half. That said, as a legislator, he should spend the rest of his life in a cage and they should dump his ashes down the prison toilet after he croaks. There can be no "tolerance" for government agents who use their offices to commit crime. There needs to be a much higher standard for people who want to play government. The lack of it continues to produce thieves and liars like Yee. |
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I'm just a simpleton, but it seems to me that in a fair and just world, those who are granted authority over people should be punished more severely for abusing that authority. I dunno, maybe this is a harsh punishment for racketeering, but it doesn't sound like that to me.
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$25k small fine in public. I'd bet he paid a much higher amount to the right people out of the spot light.
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I'm just a simpleton, but it seems to me that in a fair and just world, those who are granted authority over people should be punished more severely for abusing that authority. I dunno, maybe this is a harsh punishment for racketeering, but it doesn't sound like that to me. View Quote He'll end up in one of the federal prison camps with a pool where they are allowed to leave to work, volunteer or for religious reasons. Our government doesn't even hide its corruption anymore. |
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I would consider 8 years appropriate if he was sodomized twice a day every day.
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Really? I wonder what they would have recommended had it been, say, a conservative republican, or say, me as defendant? Wanna bet it would have been a bit different? View Quote de wki: "Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, is a United States Navy veteran and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28, 2005, after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes and under-reporting his taxable income for 2004. He pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion. He was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison and was ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution.[1] On June 4, 2013, Cunningham completed his prison sentence and he currently lives in Arkansas." |
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While pushing gun control bills through the Legislature. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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So operating a gun-running ring with the intent of funneling machine guns and explosives to organized crime and terrorists gets you less time than putting a shoelace on your trigger? No shit ![]() "Rule of law" in this country has become a fucking joke. Give him the chair. |
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Dirty rotten bastard. Him and his ilk ruined a great state...
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de wki: "Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, is a United States Navy veteran and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28, 2005, after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes and under-reporting his taxable income for 2004. He pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion. He was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison and was ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution.[1] On June 4, 2013, Cunningham completed his prison sentence and he currently lives in Arkansas." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Really? I wonder what they would have recommended had it been, say, a conservative republican, or say, me as defendant? Wanna bet it would have been a bit different? de wki: "Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, is a United States Navy veteran and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28, 2005, after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes and under-reporting his taxable income for 2004. He pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion. He was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison and was ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution.[1] On June 4, 2013, Cunningham completed his prison sentence and he currently lives in Arkansas." So a guns and weapons dealer who was an elected politician will do less time than Duke Cunningham did for bribery and tax fraud? Well isn't that just swell. |
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