Massachusetts is a liberal shithole. Not content to wallow in the cesspool of their own making, Massholes are exporting their derangement to other states. Howie Carr discusses the backstory you will never see covered by the MSM.
Follow the flawed thinking that passes for rational liberal thought. There are two forums for justice that exercised by the state and the other by the sovereign (federal). Generally they are separate, one doesn’t impact the other.
In some cases a state prosecution and conviction can open the door for a subsequent federal prosecution. Two examples come to mind. One involves conviction for a violent felony or family violence at the state level. That conviction would bar the convicted person from possessing a firearm under federal law. A second example would be a person subject to federal immigration law being convicted of a crime of moral turpitude under state law. The state conviction could render the convicted person liable for deportation under federal law.
Since lawyers and law are involved, there is gamesmanship. In order to trigger federal jurisdiction there must be a final conviction. Deferred adjudication, pretrial diversion, suspended sentence and the ilk clear the judge’s docket but don’t count as a final conviction. They also let the malefactor go free to offend again. In liberal jurisdictions Judges are dismissing or issuing suspended or reduced sentences to avoid triggering Federal interest.
I worked dope for fifteen years. A typical dope deal usually entailed going to the area of drug dealers residence. I would meet the dealer a block away and do the deal. Occasionally the dealer would come out and we would do the transaction in the front yard. It should come as no surprise that if we executed a search warrant, it was at the dealers residence. Within, we would find his drugs, packaging material, records, weapons and ill gotten gains.
Then the judges got involved. The defendant would be out on bond. Sometimes if the judge was strict the defendant might be placed on “house arrest”. Yeah, that’ll teach him. It’s like telling a baseball player he can’t leave the ball park. Guess the judge didn’t read the report.
The driver of the truck that caused an accident resulting in the highest marine body count in a single incident, since Falluja shouldn’t have been driving. He had a criminal and driving history that should have resulted in, at minimum, a license suspension. To take action may have adversely affected his immigration status.
The head of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (the driver’s license agency) has resigned as a result of this accident.
The spirit of Judge Roy Bean lives on.
