Montana's Gianforte Pleads Guilty, Won't Serve Jail Time In Assault On Journalist - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Montana representative-elect Greg Gianforte pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of misdemeanor assault after body-slamming a reporter from The Guardian on the eve of Gianforte's election to the U.S. House. He received a six-month deferred sentence and will serve no jail time.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/12/532613316/montanas-gianforte-pleads-guilty-wont-serve-jail-time-in-assault-on-journalist"]http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/12/532613316/montanas-gianforte-pleads-guilty-wont-serve-jail-time-in-assault-on-journalist[/URL] :hammered: How long we can't let this acceptable... When he did was clearly obviously with people find apologetic ways need to stop.

No fine either? What bullshit [editline]14th June 2017[/editline] Okay, a measally $300 fine. That's still unacceptable

You wouldn't get jail time for simple assault anyway. This is pretty inline with what you should expect for sentencing for someone with no history

He got a deferred sentence tho. If he so much as sneezes he automatically gets sent to jail to serve a full sentence.

it's important to note that various law professors across multiple outlets (including NPR of which I am an avid listener) have said that his case is not considered to be "special" as a result of his politician status - they all advised that an individual with the same criminal history (that is, none) with the same likelihood of recurring offense (that is, in their opinion and the opinion of the court, basically none) would likely have gotten pretty much the same sentence in those circumstances. doesn't make his actions any less gross or dequalifying for his post, but this probably isn't a case of a politician getting off light.

[QUOTE=BrickInHead;52356341]it's important to note that various law professors across multiple outlets (including NPR of which I am an avid listener) have said that his case is not considered to be "special" as a result of his politician status - they all advised that an individual with the same criminal history (that is, none) with the same likelihood of recurring offense (that is, in their opinion and the opinion of the court, basically none) would likely have gotten pretty much the same sentence in those circumstances. doesn't make his actions any less gross or dequalifying for his post, but this probably isn't a case of a politician getting off light.[/QUOTE] Not to downplay or excuse him, but it's just (a relatively tame) assault. Not like he needed jail for shoving someone down. Once you get past the initial shock, I think it's a fair verdict.

His career is destroyed who cares.

[QUOTE=Shirt.;52356921]His career is destroyed who cares.[/QUOTE] No it's not he was just elected.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;52356970]No it's not he was just elected.[/QUOTE] It happened so close to election it didn't hurt him. Even thou he received tons of donations after the news broke it'll be interesting seeing how his re-election plays out down the road.

There are a scary amount of people who see what he did as taking the fake news media to task. I wouldn't overestimate how much it hurts his popularity.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;52357050]There are a scary amount of people who see what he did as taking the fake news media to task. I wouldn't overestimate how much it hurts his popularity.[/QUOTE] but if they were just going to make the news up anyway, why would they have a reporter in the field trying to find out the truth?? ah who am I kidding the average person who still supports the republicans has never thought that hard about it anyway

Kinda unbelievable that he wasn't pulled as a candidate over this to be honest.

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;52357719]Kinda unbelievable that he wasn't pulled as a candidate over this to be honest.[/QUOTE] That's just proof that this entire story -- the assault, and the lack of jail time -- is a lie by the liberal media. Nothing ever happened. Montana isn't real.

Why aren't criminal penalties scaled with net worth? It is absurd that a man who is a multi-millionaire or billionaire should be able to get by with a measly $300 fine. (On the other hand, for people living paycheck to paycheck I'd imagine that a $300 fine could be cruel and excessive.)

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;52358880]Why aren't criminal penalties scaled with net worth? It is absurd that a man who is a multi-millionaire or billionaire should be able to get by with a measly $300 fine. (On the other hand, for people living paycheck to paycheck I'd imagine that a $300 fine could be cruel and excessive.)[/QUOTE] Most likely because the people making the laws are billionaires

[QUOTE=gokiyono;52359574]Most likely because the people making the laws are billionaires[/QUOTE] "Hey Bill, what'd you spend on dinner last night?" "Eh, about 300 bucks, why?" "Nothin', just writing down a good number for a fine."