• Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    Yep, the news from the Oklahoma Oblast no longer surprises me. Certainly the Orange Pedo Shitstain will pardon the sick bastards because that is why he is mentioned over 38,000 times in a certain set of files.

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      Certainly the Orange Pedo Shitstain will pardon the sick bastards

      He doesn’t have pardon power over state charges. But, it is Oklahoma. So, Republican governor Kevin Stitt will still probably give it. After all, the Republican position seems to be that abusing children is a good thing.

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    I hear people say Oklahoma is the most free state in the union, and yet they won’t let you rape your own child and force her to give birth? That’s not the America my ancestors had nothing to do with building.

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    This entire article and some clarifications in the comments make me feel sick. This entire story is fucked up and i wish I hadn’t read it. Poor child is traumatised for life

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      Thank you for this warning.

      Someone once wrote a comment on the internet which i read, which said something like, " when you have a choice to look at something traumatic or not, you don’t have to look. "

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      Sadder still, society will expect her get over it and carry on. Society doesn’t understand that there’s no “normal” for her any more.

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    What’s even weirder is that they gave the mother 7 consecutive life sentences, but the father who actually impregnated the child only got 1 life sentence + 42 years.

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      It also said that he was charged with the same 6 counts of child neglect though. So either the article was unclear on his actual sentence also being multiple consecutive life sentences or the charges of neglect didn’t all stick for some reason.

      I don’t have any specifics but it could be that the father was not in a position to actually be responsible for her care at some point. Maybe the mother kicked him out or something. I’m just speculating, though. No idea really.

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        They do it that way so even with good behavior or some appeals for a commuted sentence, still ends up being more years than they’ll live by a mile.

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        It’s mostly what it sounds like. Prison until you die. But, unless given a life sentence without the possibility of parole, once you’ve served a minimum number of years (and that number varies on the crime, state law and judge’s applied minimums) you can become eligible for parole. What that means is a parole board can determine later that you have sufficiently served time for your crimes, that you are remorseful for them, and that you no longer pose a danger to anyone, and release you from prison before your death.

        When it comes to sentences with specific years attached, like this guy’s 42 year sentence, it is a bit difference. They can also end early with a parole decision, but there is a minimum time served for each sentence before you are eligible for parole. That minimum scales with the full sentence. It is, I think, usually 1/3rd of the full sentence, unless the judge sets a higher minimum.

        Also you can be given multiple years long sentences, one per guilty verdict, but depending on the judge’s discretion or if those crimes are statuarily required to be served consecutively (i.e. one after the other), sometimes those sentences are to be served concurrently (i.e. at the same time). What that means is, if you get sentenced to two 1 year sentences and a 3 year sentence to be served concurrently, you’re really only serving 3 years. But if have to serve them consecutively, you’ll be serving all 5 years in total. And your parole potential starts, thus, later.

        So it’s kind of complicated. Sometimes you see someone getting a life sentence and they’re released in 20 years. Sometimes you see someone get a dozen sentences but they’re all served concurrently and they’re out in a few years too. Sometimes someone gets multiple sentences to be served consecutively and ends up with like 200 years in prison and are essentially guaranteed to die in prison before they are eligible for parole, despite none of their crimes carrying a life sentence potential.

        Also this dude’s 42 years a life sentence are consecutive, so he must serve the minimum of both before possibility of parole. But that is probably about 35-40 years from now at minimum. I’m unclear if the mother’s 7 life sentences are consecutive or concurrent, but since they didn’t say, probably concurrent.

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          Thanks for all that explanation. It ended up in me being even more confused what the point of 7 concurrent life sentences is.

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        From a technical standpoint, getting multiple life sentences means if one gets removed on appeal, the others still stand.

        For the victim(s), especially if there’s multiple victims, each life sentence acknowledges each crime committed against them and validates them.

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    Jesus, that’s a bad headline. She wasn’t sentenced for the home birth; she was sentenced for her part and cover-up of her husband raping and impregnating their daughter. The lack of proper medical care is just part of the cover-up.

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          This is sad, but true.

          At my first teaching job, a first-grader told her teachers and the principal that the bruises on her legs were from her mom hitting her with a belt. We reported it to Child Protective Services, and when they followed up, the mom pulled her out of school to “homeschool” her instead.

          Covering up physical abuse is one of many reasons why homeschooling needs more oversight.

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    A 34-year-old Oklahoma mother will spend the rest of her life behind bars for allowing her husband to impregnate her 11-year-old daughter, then forcing the child to give birth at home without any medical care.

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    Such a difference between this and Epstein, while the subject of sexual abuse of minors is roughly the same. I guess the lesson is, if you’re gonna rape and pillage, first be filthy rich.

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      Really? Come on. That’s quite a stretch you’re making here - really grasping at straws to assume they might have voted for anyone other than Trump. The nerve.

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        No it can be just non political where the republican is too moderate so they don’t vote or only vote for a random third party. There are plenty of hard right people that don’t vote especially in deep red or non competitive areas.

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    This headline made my eyes want to punch my brain in the throat for being made to read it.

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      I think this mainly comes down to the fact that abusive and manipulative men like this actively seek out women who will do what they say and enable their predatory behaviors.

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      He got 87 years, a life sentence plus 42 years, consecutively. His life sentence won’t even begin until he’s been in prison for 42 years.

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      Article says he was sentenced to life+42 years before her. Good thing Trump’s got pardon powers, huh? 🤮

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        Presidential pardons can’t touch state-level convictions, only federal. That said, there’s nothing stopping the Oklahoma governor from issuing a pardon…

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          It wouldn’t be the first time Trump has leaned on a governor to pardon someone. That said, this is surely low even for him… Right?