Justice deferred is Justice Denied. You’re not engaged in Due Process if the prosecution drags out for years and results in a prosecutor too terrified of the incoming elected President to recommend a sentence.
Compare the prosecution and sentencing of Donald Trump to Sam Bankman-Fried.
Trump had evidence assembled against him back in 2016. He remained shielded from prosecution for his first four-year term. His indictment and prosecution didn’t begin until March of 2023. The trial did not happen until May 30, 2024. It resulted in conviction on all counts. And then the sentence was… nothing.
Meanwhile, Sam Bankman-Fried had evidence of criminal misconduct presented in November of 2022. He was arrested on Dec 12, 2022, extradited from the Bahamas, and indicted the same day. He was tried, sentenced, and incarcerated by March 28, 2024, barely more than a year later.
To claim either of them was denied due process would be absurd. The distinction between the prosecution of these two high profile individuals is glaring.
Justice deferred is Justice Denied. You’re not engaged in Due Process if the prosecution drags out for years and results in a prosecutor too terrified of the incoming elected President to recommend a sentence.
Compare the prosecution and sentencing of Donald Trump to Sam Bankman-Fried.
Trump had evidence assembled against him back in 2016. He remained shielded from prosecution for his first four-year term. His indictment and prosecution didn’t begin until March of 2023. The trial did not happen until May 30, 2024. It resulted in conviction on all counts. And then the sentence was… nothing.
Meanwhile, Sam Bankman-Fried had evidence of criminal misconduct presented in November of 2022. He was arrested on Dec 12, 2022, extradited from the Bahamas, and indicted the same day. He was tried, sentenced, and incarcerated by March 28, 2024, barely more than a year later.
To claim either of them was denied due process would be absurd. The distinction between the prosecution of these two high profile individuals is glaring.