Remember that one time an ex president was convicted of 30+ felonies and had to wait in jail during the appeal? Me either.
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This wasn't by any chance the same ex president who appointed judges who would later say he was immune from the laws us mortals must follow?
Nah I think that was a different guy. I think this was the one that idolizes Putin
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=565.130&bid=29321&hl=
By Missouri state law, this is kidnapping. Anyone involved with the non-release should be charged, tried, convicted, and imprisoned for up to four years (class E felony).
I don't know if Missouri also has enhancements for people abusing their badge or office, but every state should.
Too bad the person who'd be responsible for bringing those charges is the one who needs to be charged.
Missouri loves company?
Seriously though, the prison industrial complex is totally fucked and should not exist as a for-profit entity at all.
Seriously though, the prison industrial complex is totally fucked and should not exist ~~as a for-profit entity~~ at all.
We need prisons to some extent, but we don't need a prison industrial complex for any reason other than to abuse the slavery loophole in the 13th amendment.
Missouri actually doesn't use private prisons, privatization is only a part (albeit extremely cruel part) of how messed up the overall US prison problem is, not the cause.
And even though they're not private prisons, there are still many private corporations that contract with them and want to keep things the way they are.
I'm not entirely familiar with how contempt of court works. Wouldn't this be grounds for the bench to issue contempt charges?
Last week Judge Ryan Horsman threatened to do that to AG Andrew Bailey. Bailey relented and freed Sandra Hemme instead.
I'm sure Judge Horsman would love to see the AG's office back in his courtroom for the same reason. ;)
They’re allowed to do that?
Well, nobody's stopping them, so apparently so. I think prison workers get the same leeway as cops when it comes to committing crimes they can spin as somehow related to their jobs.
No, and it doesn’t appear that they care
Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc… If I were about to go to prison in the south, I'd kill myself for sure. I don't think the barbarism of the American judicial system can get more horrific.