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11-01-2019 04:50 PM
11-01-2019 07:48 PM - edited 11-01-2019 07:51 PM
@haddon9 wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:I thought it was pretty clear by now that none of the $$$ went to any of the schools.
The bribe money went to Rick Singer and the pockets of his accomplices at various Athletic Departments.......USC received none of this money. Therefore, no building could be built.
So, therein lies the difference between a parent making a legal donation directly to a school and a parent paying bribe money to falsify records.
@Johnnyeager Okay so one way is legal by giving or donating money to a school and the other way is not by bribery. However both ways still take a spot away from a more academically gifted student.
But one benefits the entire school and hence all the students and future students, the other only benefits the student whose parent bribed their way in and the person receiving the bribe... One is legal and the other is not... This isn't just about academically gifted students being denied admission...
11-05-2019 06:58 AM
Felicity started her 250 hours of court mandated community service, spending about 3 hours at The Teen Project, a Los Angeles not for profit that provides services and support to at risk homeless teens with addiction issues and involvement in sex trafficking.
11-05-2019 07:30 AM
This might be the making of her. To see what other teens have had to suffer, would make anyone with a heart and conscience want to help them. I hope it makes her ashamed when she thinks about her child's life ,and theirs
11-05-2019 07:41 AM
From what I read, Felicity is the one who chose this organization. She and her daughter, Georgia, have volunteered there for years. Felicity is not the heartless person some want to depict.
11-05-2019 07:44 AM
I don't think that Felicity needs to be ashamed of the life that she and family lead. There's nothing wrong with the way their wealth was accumulated.
However, exposure to these types of organizations will show that her lifestyle is not the norm and not to be taken for granted.
11-05-2019 07:48 AM
Any person who resorts to cheating another , to get ahead, should feel very ashamed. Her daughter had all of the advantage these kids never had, and yet that still wasn't enough for her. She wanted to make sure her daughter would get a place, no matter who got hurt in the process
11-05-2019 07:54 AM
@Carmie wrote:
@dex wrote:
@cherry wrote:Well you might be right, but I am willing to see it happen...I doubt it will be a happy experience for her, and it won't be something she will want to repeat @dex
It just burns me to see some poor person ,who is facing hard time ,for doing far less than she did. It will at least look like justice can't be bought, even if it isn't always fair
In our area we have many homeless(poor) and they rarely end up in jail for any crimes.Residents and businesses are becoming upset and the media has reports.
I think prisons should only be for dangerous criminals.We need to find a way to keep non violent people from reoffending without locking them up.I think community service could change many people and would benefit society.I would like to see mandatory rehab,job training and community service sentences.
I don't know where you live, but I read this morning that in California that Prop 47 allows shop lifters to not be prosecuted for stealing anything with a value less than $950. This was done to keep non violent petty criminals out of jails. It is now only a misdemeanor.
Now, there are hoards of people who are making a pretty good living from shop lifting. Street people and druggies have a good income and a new job. The merchants are out of millions of dollars a year. Criminals are going into retail establishments with a calculator to make sure they don't "over steal." No one is able to stop this activity.
Allowing people go just get away with crimes because they are not dangerous is ridiculous and stupid. I can't for the life of me figure out how this is making things better.
Something like this encourages honest people to get in on the game too.
Back when Wilson Goode was the mayor of Philadelphia the city had a problem with prison overcrowding. Wilson decided they should stop jailing first-time car thieves and was foolish enough to announce it publicly. You can pretty much guess what happened. Car theft rates skyrocketed as everyone knew they could steal a car with no risk of prison. His pronouncement lasted all of two days before the DA and police commissioner stepped in and he reversed that policy.
As to shoplifting, my grandfather owned a small store locally back in the 1960's. Shoplifters robbed him blind. If he had them arrested and charged he'd have to go to court to testify against them and their lawyers would then ask for a delay, the accused wouldn't show up, or they'd get a slap on the wrist and no meaningful punishment. It cost him a lot of money as he'd either have to hire someone to watch the store for him or close the store while he testified. The same people would come back time and again and commit the same crime and no one would do much of anything about it. He had to close down the business because of the shoplifting. Shoplifters make a huge impact on businesses and giving them a get out of jail free card is just stupid.
11-05-2019 12:32 PM
@gardenman: Breaking news today from the Oklahoma's Governor Kevin Stitt (R)
Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates left prison Monday before their original sentences were over. And bipartisan lawmakers couldn't be happier.
CNN's Sheena Jones and Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report.
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