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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think you get to foment a lynch mob that doesn’t respect that we have a functioning legal system to address such tragedies, and then call out other people as monsters.[/quote]

A lynch mob? You are beyond dramatic. The Meades and others have a right to express their opinion that justice wasn’t served. You don’t get to decide that all the decisions that were made were the right ones and everyone should just shut up and be happy. I wonder if you are a friend of the boy’s family (which by the way, people know their names and everyone is protecting their privacy - hardly lynch mob behavior).[/quote]

While posts get deleted when you start trying to doxx you still have a lynch mob mentality that betrays a lack of respect for our legal system. The community could not have done more to recognize their pain and share in their grief but now they’ve turned into ugly, vengeful vigilantes. [/quote]

You’re deranged. They’re no more fomenting a lynch mob than you are. (Hint:neither are-both are criticizing. The difference is you are criticizing the grieving reactions and opinions of a bereft  family and they are criticizing the work product of a public official. ) [/quote]

One is rational. The other is not. [/quote]

Again, YOU don’t get to decide that the decisions made were the correct ones. Judges and CAs aren’t infallible, they make bad decisions all.the.time. I love that you “respect the legal system” so much and think that it is always right. You must love the recent ruling out of Texas where the judge is trying to limit access to abortion/miscarriage drug mifepristone for the WHOLE COUNTRY by overturning an FDA approval of 20 years. You respect that decision, right?[/quote]

Rational/irrational isn’t about being right/wrong. And there are also irrational decisions made within the judicial system.

In this case, the CA/judge rationally followed guidelines which were established to take emotion/bias out of these decisions.

This kid made a huge mistake with lethal consequences. But it wasn’t premeditated or even intentional. And his punishment wasn’t out of line from similar cases. He isn’t an exception here.

You could make him the poster boy for systemwide change, but you’ll need to change your message.

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You are using semantics here to hide. Respect this ruling because it’s “rational” (you keep telling us) but don’t respect the mifepristone ruling because it’s “irrational.” Same legal system. We know Parisa doesn’t believe in trying minors as adults; that is at the core of her restorative justice practices. Plenty of people disagree, that doesn’t make them irrational. And since it is an option that the County allows, it’s clearly not irrational in the eyes of the law. She had the option of presenting an argument to the judge that the drunk driver should be tried as an adult which she claims no judge would have granted. She was never even going to try this because it goes against her values and the platform she ran on. And as for the judge, please tell me again how one year of home confinement is more rational than three years of jail. The law doesn’t consider three years or more irrational since it falls within the sentencing guidelines. [/quote]

There was no reason to go beyond the guidelines here. It wasn’t premeditated or even intentional. His sentence was well within the guidelines.

The mifepristone decision was driven by the judge’s emotion and personal bias. That did not fall within established guidelines. 
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