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Antifar
06/27/21 11:09:49 AM
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-grandmother-didn-t-answer-her-phone-during-a-class-she-was-sent-back-to-prison/ar-AALta1k?ocid=uxbndlbing
In the year she was out of prison, Gwen Levi, 76, was thriving.

After serving 16 years in different federal facilities for dealing heroin, Levi was allowed to leave last June and finish her 24-year sentence in home confinement under the supervision of federal prison officials. She moved in with her 94-year-old mother in Baltimore and volunteered at prisoner advocacy organizations, hoping for a paying job to come along. She was also building her relationships with her sons and grandsons.

But Levis season on the outside ended June 12 after she attended a computer word-processing class in Baltimores Inner Harbor. A Federal Bureau of Prisons incident report said she was out of contact for a few hours with the officials supervising her.

Levi is now at the D.C. jail awaiting transfer to a federal facility, according to her attorney, Sapna Mirchandani, of Marylands Office of the Federal Public Defender.

Theres no question she was in class, Mirchandani said. As I was told, because she could have been robbing a bank, theyre going to treat her as if she was robbing a bank.
Levi is one of about 4,500 federal prisoners sent to home confinement last year to protect them from contracting the coronavirus. Advocates celebrated the move by the Trump administration and expected that President Biden would continue to keep former inmates home even after the pandemic receded.

But while Biden has taken steps supported by criminal justice advocates, the White House has appeared to follow President Donald Trumps lead with respect to a Justice Department memo calling for nearly all people to return to prison when the public health emergency ends.

The administration hasnt weighed in on the binding Justice Department memo, issued in the final days of Trumps presidency. The White House and Justice Department wouldnt comment when asked by The Washington Post about the return of inmates to prison on seemingly minor violations.

Kristie A. Breshears, spokeswoman for the Bureau of Prisons, said in an email that the agency cannot discuss individual cases. However, sanctions are not imposed in a capricious or retaliatory manner, she said, and bureau staff are the determining factor when making determinations regarding transferring an inmate back to secure custody.

Breshears added that the Bureau of Prisons could decide to allow inmates near the end of their sentences to stay on home confinement after the pandemic.

For the more difficult cases, where inmates still have years left to serve, this will be an issue only after the pandemic is over, she said. The president recently extended the national emergency and the Department of Health and Human Services has said the public health crisis is likely to last for the rest of the year.

According to Levis Bureau of Prisons incident report, the officials supervising her were alerted by her ankle monitor at 10:51 a.m. that she was not home. She did not answer calls to her phone for the next few hours. By 1:17 p.m., the ankle monitor showed she was back at her approved address. The report noted the incident as an escape.

In a statement released by Mirchandani, Levi said she was devastated.

I feel like I was attempting to do all the right things, Levi said. Breaking rules is not who I am. I tried to explain what happened, and to tell the truth. At no time did I think I wasnt supposed to go to that class. I apologize to my mother and my family for what this is doing to them.

Other prisoners released to home confinement during the pandemic also are being sent back.
Lynn Espejo was sentenced to 45 months for filing false tax returns, wire fraud and money laundering in the Eastern District of Arkansas in 2017. In an interview, she said she was released in May last year, got a job at her church and re-enrolled in graduate school, where she was completing a masters degree in clinical and mental health counseling. She also writes a blog focused on inmates rights and hosts a radio show.
On Jan. 12, according to Bureau of Prisons documents, Espejo was written up for emailing inmates [v]iolating a condition of a community program by communicating with inmates currently incarcerated in numerous Federal Prisons, according to the incident report. She was reincarcerated Jan. 12 and released Jan. 27 after a judge allowed her to be returned home because of health issues.

Espejo, who has since completed her degree, said she believes she was sent back to prison as retaliation for her activism. About 153,000 inmates are in the custody of the bureau, a 20-year low.

You cannot hold someone's freedom of speech over their head on home confinement, she said.

Breshears said she could not comment on an individual inmates conditions of confinement.

Kevin Ring, president of nonprofit prisoner advocacy organization Families Against Mandatory Minimums, said returning people on home confinement to prison for minor violations is counter to human nature. The Biden administration should say whether it will rescind the Trump administration memo, he said.

This is exactly what we feared from them delaying resolution of this issue, he said. Every day is torture. Theyre worried about going back to prison. . . . Waiting is the hardest part.

Mark Osler, a former federal prosecutor and professor of law at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, said that if the Justice Department wont rescind the memo, the Biden administration could use another legal tool: clemency. Osler said he has spoken to administration officials about that possibility.

But such grants could prove controversial as Biden announces measures to combat violent crime amid an increase in violence across the country.

The transfer of prisoners to home confinement during the pandemic has proved to be safe, Osler said. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in April, Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal said three inmates transferred to home confinement have been arrested on new charges.

The facade of their incarceration in the interest of public safety has been knocked over, Osler said.

As national leaders debate criminal justice, Levi is back behind bars. Her son Craig Levi said it was a blessing to have his mother home. Now, shes gone.

We dont understand how it escalated, he said. Its unjustified the stress that they put on the family.



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The Trent
06/27/21 11:10:33 AM
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Legalize drugs

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tremain07
06/27/21 11:17:40 AM
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If she didn't break the law she wouldn't be suffering this hell of her own making, no sympathy for criminals.

And now with the shitpost out of the way, they do things like this on purpose because they know they can not only get away with it but because it's profitable for them to figure out ways to put people back behind bars as not only does it raise public opinion of the cops and local government it also makes them look tough on crime and even justify it with comments like the one above. Criminal reformation is never going to happen in the US it's too ingrained in the system at this point just like special interest groups buying politicians and lobbyists.

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Duncanwii
06/27/21 11:48:08 AM
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The Trent posted...
Legalize drugs

No.
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Zikten
06/27/21 11:53:55 AM
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This is pure evil. Can't the teacher of the class explain to the cops the situation?
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The Trent
06/27/21 11:59:09 AM
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Duncanwii posted...
No.

Dude no one is going to make you do them

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nothanks1
06/27/21 12:00:15 PM
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no pity for her
she was part of a heroin dealing operation
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R1masher
06/27/21 12:05:09 PM
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nothanks1 posted...
no pity for her
she was part of a heroin dealing operation

heroin wasnt always illegal and it might not always be illegal good luck being on the right side of history in the future

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gatorsPENSbucs
06/27/21 12:06:35 PM
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R1masher posted...
heroin wasnt always illegal and it might not always be illegal good luck being on the right side of history in the future
Lol what a strange post.

Just say you have nothing to contribute but want to sound tough, or just dont say anything at all

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R1masher
06/27/21 12:07:48 PM
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...
Lol what a strange post.

Just say you have nothing to contribute but want to sound tough, or just dont say anything at all

this is even stranger than mine, you sound affected af

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DipDipDiver
06/27/21 12:09:46 PM
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It sucks and all, but she wasnt out on probation, she was out because of the pandemic. That means stricter requirements and she should have known that when that number pops up it's priority 1. Being out of prison 8 years early was a privilege
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PoundGarden
06/27/21 12:17:12 PM
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LMAO.

Awww, am I supposed to feel bad for the heroin dealer just because they're old AF?


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theAteam
06/27/21 12:21:38 PM
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Breaking rules is not who I am


It would seem so

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ScazarMeltex
06/27/21 12:24:26 PM
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Zikten posted...
This is pure evil. Can't the teacher of the class explain to the cops the situation?
Cops aren't interested in the situation. The cruelty is the fucking point.

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Aristoph
06/27/21 12:30:32 PM
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DipDipDiver posted...
when that number pops up it's priority 1.

In fairness, if she was in a class she probably either turned her phone off or silenced it. So she likely didn't know anybody was calling until it was too late.

That being said, it's still her own fault. She was told not to leave her house, but she left anyway. And clearly she had not run it by her supervising officers before joining the class in the first place. That's just fucking stupidity, tbh. Which I suppose isn't terribly surprising coming from a heroin dealer. :-/

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gatorsPENSbucs
06/27/21 12:31:44 PM
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theAteam posted...
Breaking rules is not who I am

It would seem so
Lol that made me laugh when I came across it

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Solution_45
06/27/21 12:32:28 PM
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Oh no

Anyways
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trappedunderice
06/27/21 12:34:42 PM
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Y'all wouldn't last on the streets.
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cjsdowg
06/27/21 12:34:52 PM
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Thank God. I mean how could we live with ourselves with out her being in jail.
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WilliamPorygon
06/27/21 12:36:14 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
No.
Legalize Poksav

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geno_16
06/27/21 12:36:49 PM
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I just want to point out how ludicrous it is that a 60 year old woman got 24 years for dealing drugs, but unrepented murder that leads to months of race riots throughout the country is only worth 22.5 years.
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uwnim
06/27/21 12:38:10 PM
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Zikten posted...
This is pure evil. Can't the teacher of the class explain to the cops the situation?
No. They don't care that she was in a class and they do know that is where she was at already.

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gatorsPENSbucs
06/27/21 12:52:52 PM
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uwnim posted...
No. They don't care that she was in a class and they do know that is where she was at already.
Whered you see that in the article? All I saw was

Antifar posted...
According to Levis Bureau of Prisons incident report, the officials supervising her were alerted by her ankle monitor at 10:51 a.m. that she was not home. She did not answer calls to her phone for the next few hours. By 1:17 p.m., the ankle monitor showed she was back at her approved address. The report noted the incident as an escape.


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Dark_SilverX
06/27/21 12:54:27 PM
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somewhat fair, next

the law could have thought she wasnt answering because she was selling the devil's material again. it very sad but they keeping the people safe.


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Alucard188
06/27/21 1:00:11 PM
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Ah, if only she spent thousands of dollars getting a pharmaceutical license, then she could have been legally allowed to sell opioids.

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eston
06/27/21 1:04:46 PM
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Conflict posted...
How on God's green Earth is that your takeaway and not the fact that she literally got sent back to prison for doing nothing after she had already served her time
She was very much still serving her time

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eston
06/27/21 1:07:40 PM
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According to Levis Bureau of Prisons incident report, the officials supervising her were alerted by her ankle monitor at 10:51 a.m. that she was not home. She did not answer calls to her phone for the next few hours. By 1:17 p.m., the ankle monitor showed she was back at her approved address. The report noted the incident as an escape.
Sounds pretty standard to me

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NinjaWarrior455
06/27/21 1:36:22 PM
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Seems fucked

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TheVipaGTS
06/27/21 1:42:38 PM
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eston posted...
Sounds pretty standard to me
sounds pretty stupid to me.

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skermac
06/27/21 1:45:06 PM
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Very sad she is locked up again because of this nonsense

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PoundGarden
06/27/21 1:46:09 PM
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geno_16 posted...
I just want to point out how ludicrous it is that a 60 year old woman got 24 years for dealing drugs, but unrepented murder that leads to months of race riots throughout the country is only worth 22.5 years.

Can't really argue with that

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Probably because I actually read the article. Maybe you should try it, then report back on why you're comment was embarrassingly innacurate

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UnfairRepresent
06/27/21 1:48:50 PM
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The Trent posted...
Legalize drugs


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TheVipaGTS
06/27/21 1:53:08 PM
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Legalize the right drugs, decriminalize or step down on all drugs. Meth shouldn't be legal, but those selling it shouldn't be serving hard time in federal prison with murderers and sexual deviants.

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eston
06/27/21 1:58:08 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
sounds pretty stupid to me.
She left the house while under house arrest and then didn't pick up the phone when they tried to contact her. Yes it was very stupid

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TheVipaGTS
06/27/21 2:00:26 PM
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eston posted...
She left the house while under house arrest and then didn't pick up the phone when they tried to contact her. Yes it was very stupid
no the fact that she's being thrown back in prison over a technicality is stupid. If she was indeed out committing a crime i'd get it, but her whereabouts can easily be proven.

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Fony
06/27/21 2:04:32 PM
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Out of contact for a few hours, lol. No accountability, oh well. It sucks, but answer the god damned call. It superseeds your fucking class and your teacher. This is your LIFE. Go outside and CALL THEM IGHT BACK. A Few HOURS of no contact, yea there is no exception for any parolee with that one.

What if that were her babysitter calling about her kid choking or someting? what if she needed a kidney and that were her medical center calling? The organ would be toast. 76 years old an no sense of responsibility. Guess that's why she's a convict to begin with.

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TheVipaGTS
06/27/21 2:08:49 PM
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Fony posted...
Out of contact for a few hours, lol. No accountability, oh well. It sucks, but answer the god damned call. It superseeds your fucking class and your teacher. This is your LIFE. Go outside and CALL THEM IGHT BACK. A Few HOURS of no contact, yea there is no exception for any parolee with that one.

What if that were her babysitter calling about her kid choking or someting? what if she needed a kidney and that were her medical center calling? The organ would be toast. 76 years old an no sense of responsibility. Guess that's why she's a convict to begin with.
If youre watching my kid and they are choking calling me wont help anything. Call 911, help my kid not be choking, then call me afterwards. Also, they wont take you off the donation list because you didnt return a call for a few hours. Thats not how those things work.

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Fony
06/27/21 2:13:56 PM
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And right to deflecting to mask the point that cannot be refuted. FYI, what caretaker doesn't notify a parent about issues with their kid?

This old, unrepentant criminal is going back home, no need to worry. No need to make up scenario scripts to pretend you have something to say, they can always call you AFTER 911 and while trying CPR or something. Point is, PICK UP YUR FUCKING PHONE for any important call, and your PO is the MOST IMPORTANT CALL OF YOUR LIFE when you're on parole. They even give you a couple hour window and she violated that.

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TheVipaGTS
06/27/21 2:15:14 PM
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Fony posted...
And right to deflecting to mask the point that cannot be refuted. FYI, what caretaker doesn't notify a parent about issues with their kid?

This old, unrepentant criminal is going back home, no need to worry.
Who is deflecting. Im responding to things you said in your post. And did I not say notify me about my kid? You said if theyre choking. If they are actively choking calling me just wastes time. Get them help first then let me know.

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Zikten
06/27/21 2:16:24 PM
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Fony posted...
And right to deflecting to mask the point that cannot be refuted. FYI, what caretaker doesn't notify a parent about issues with their kid?

This old, unrepentant criminal is going back home, no need to worry.

The point is the caretaker needs to call 911 before they call the mom. If I had a kid that was being babysat and they started dying and the babysitter called me first, I'd have the babysitter charged for manslaughter or something
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Fony
06/27/21 2:17:53 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
Who is deflecting. Im responding to things you said in your post. And did I not say notify me about my kid? You said if theyre choking. If they are actively choking calling me just wastes time. Get them help first then let me know.

"watching my kid choking and calling me" is a deflection pulled out of your ass. Any daycare or babysiter will call you after someothing happens to your kid, who said anything about watching and not helping? Just got over it, this criminal could not change their stripes, period. Probably had a half hour class and then went o get high afterward.

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Fony
06/27/21 2:18:35 PM
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Zikten posted...
The point is the caretaker needs to call 911 before they call the mom. If I had a kid that was being babysat and they started dying and the babysitter called me first, I'd have the babysitter charged for manslaughter or something
Another one.

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Fony
06/27/21 2:19:08 PM
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Conflict posted...
Yeah I'm sure you and everyone else are feeling real protected now that this person who wasn't committing any crimes is going right back to prison for not answering a phone call. You're real safe now!

Yes, I do. thanks. Sorry about your grandmother.

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PoundGarden
06/27/21 2:21:42 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
no the fact that she's being thrown back in prison over a technicality is stupid. If she was indeed out committing a crime i'd get it, but her whereabouts can easily be proven.

So you're suggesting criminals should be able to dictate the terms of their release, and pick and choose which rules they have to follow? Because that's exactly what youre saying lmao

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Great speech. Tell it to the families of the people whos lives she helped destroy peddling H. Oh, and since you clearly don't know, violating conditions of parole is literally a crime. CE armchair lawyers lmao

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Fony
06/27/21 2:22:03 PM
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Granny probably slipped away to deal more heroine.

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TheVipaGTS
06/27/21 2:23:40 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
So you're suggesting criminals should be able to dictate the terms of their release, and pick and choose which rules they have to follow? Because that's exactly what youre saying lmao

Great speech. Tell it to the families of the people whos lives she helped destroy peddling H. Oh, and since you clearly don't know, violating conditions of parole is literally a crime. CE armchair lawyers lmao
No what Im saying is the way the law right now is stupid and incarcerating this woman is just a waste of more time and money when she didnt do anything wrong. Fucking fine her if you have to but immediately throwing them back in jail, no questions asked is a dumb rule and needs to be changed.

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