Come on. Do you know how many people in the US are out there that have served 13 out of 16 years for crimes that hurt a lot fewer kids than this and yet were not pardoned? This is indefensible and it’s okay to say that even if you are a Biden/Harris voter. |
Nope. I truly don’t think this is the worst. It’s not great, but let’s be real - all The super concerned posters here didn’t know he has served time. They didn’t know he would be out in a couple of years anyway, and that he’s over 70. He sucks, but this just isn’t that big of a deal. This is typical Twitter outrage. Lacking details and context. You people are boring. |
Why are you making excuses for this? Don't you think we as a society can do better than this? That maybe there are plenty of people deserving of mercy FAR more than this piece of scum? Why in the hell does he get pardoned and get to convalesce at home, while plenty of other poorer far less destructive people rotted in their cells, even with Covid? Why is THIS the guy that gets a break? How many elderly black men have DIED in prison for low level crimes? This is disgusting and you know it. |
I think that the consensus is nonetheless that some nonviolent crimes are just as vile and damaging as violent crimes. There is a lot of talk about coming down hard only on violent criminals. I see this again and again, even regardless of political background. It’s all wrong. It must always be considered case-by-case. |
+1 Biden is torching his legacy in his last few weeks and it is mystifying. This is one of the worst presidential pardon that has ever happened. |
It’s a nightmare pardon. The judge is a monster. He caused innocent children to be jailed/imprisoned for money. What the hell? |
I genuinely don’t understand fellow Democrats defending this. |
Does Biden even know what is going on, is he just signing whatever his handlers give him? |
Their defense of this is seriously disturbing. |
He was done in August 2026 anyway and just part of a blanket commutation. Should have been fussing made about being sent to home confinement in 2020 if it’s that big of a deal. The other judge involved, Mark Ciavarella who received most of the finger pointing from the families and media, isn’t due for release until 2035. It seems as though they have been melded into one person by the commenters in this thread. The whole original situation is disgusting. These two judges seem to be the only ones involved that actually paid any actual price for the lives ruined by many. |
DP. it’s a massive outrage on MANY levels. I’d much rather see Biden pardon someone who committed some kind of crime of passion - that’s much less evil and harmful than what this guy did. |
Worst than common street criminals. Deprived children of their liberty and perverted the justice system. zero compassion for this guy - he should have died in prison. Like democrats rant about the constitution but here you have an example of almost the very worst constitutional violation that exists: the government depriving citizens (children!) of their liberty without due process. This has got to be the worst pardon of all time, second only to maybe when Trump pardons the J6 rioters. |
I forgot about Arpaio. This is probably sort of on level with Arpaio but worse because he did it to children. |
All that says to me at this point is that the other judge didn’t pay a big enough bribe to Biden. |
I assume it’s this. I’m not sure that Biden has known what’s been going on for the last couple of years. |