It's not the prosecutions job to set the sentence--that's the judge's responsibility. The prosecution simply fits the facts to the crime to determine the charge and then proves his case to a jury. He has nothing to do with the sentencing.
An excellent point.
You all are missing the point. He assaulted the cashier
Actually, I thought about pointing that out as well... except he admits to stealing the donut and the assault is one's word against the other. I tend to believe it happened, but at this point it's the attorney's job to prove it.
Jackie
It's not the businesses that pay for his continued theft, it is you and me.
Jackie
I think it's funny, actually. If you've done so many crimes, been arrested and found guilty so many times, that you have put yourself into a position to be held for 30 years over a donut... well, who do you have to blame but yourself? And chances are very likely that there are several times or better that he was not caught for each time that he was.
Jackie
i was thinking about how difficult it was for me growing up a witness.
the constant pull between two worlds has got.
to do some kind of number on your personality.
So she sits there at school, in the back of the room
Contemplating futures of nothing but gloom
Surrounded by kids who are laughing with mirth
And she's part of the happiest people on earth?
They must be all evil, the demons hold sway
This can be explained in no other way
And yet something just doesn't feel right in her chest
Just a feeling she gets when her guard is at rest
Her father has told her, all these people will die
In her heart she wonders why, dear god, why
She knows her classmates have done petty deeds
Lied about homework, taunted and teased
But death just seems such a harsh price to pay
For children just learning to find their own way
But this is god's will and support it she must
Or she will become, with them all, nothing but dust
So she stifles her thoughts and turns to her prayer
A hollow act with no spiritual feeling there
She bends her thoughts and her will, as wrong as it feels
All the while silently dragging her heels
i was thinking about how difficult it was for me growing up a witness.
the constant pull between two worlds has got.
to do some kind of number on your personality.
She sits at the meetings, and knows it's her fate
For herself she feels nothing but loathing and hate
For she knows that she simply cannot comply
To submitting her will to some random guy
So marry she must, or submit to them all
And yet noone interests her there at the hall
She wants to share thinking, ideas, and thoughts
But for acceptable mates, these are all nots
She feels trapped and lost, no option looks good
Just one glimmer of hope and she'd take it, she would
But knowledge is stifled, marraige looks grim
School or career, the chances are slim
Isolated childhood, no future that's bright
How come the truth just feels so not right?
dear all (especially those in the uk),.
following on from danny's excellent post here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/128626/1.ashx i have just sent an e-mail to the charities commission.
some time ago i wrote to you about the dangers of jehovah's witnesses and how they don't deserve charity status because far from helping mankind they are a real danger to it.
Any suggestions on what would be your objections to charitable status for the various congs in the UK?
I don't know what the laws are in the UK... but in the US my objection to their charitable status is that it means they don't have to pay taxes... which would be fine, if they actually did charitable work... but they don't.
Jackie
because some of us could do with a good laugh .
this one was from mutual community selling health insurance.
i didn't know it had been banned until today when i searched for it on youtube.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bguha-bbmdi.
Just bumping this back to the top so brinjen will see it.
Jackie
Hi, Megs!
I believe the discussion thread is supposed to get posted today. Brinjen modded the last game, if she's wanting to mod again I imagine she will post a thread when she gets online later. If she's not wanting to mod and no one else wants to I'll throw up a thread. I think we should wait and see what brin wants to do, though, since she modded the last game.
Jackie
