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Would you expect that kind of book to make any difference for final sentencing?
by marcod 2y ago
Would you expect that kind of book to make any difference for final sentencing?
- rdtsc 2y agoI can see it making a difference when presented to jury, if it's admitted as evidence. It may not be main evidence but combined altogether with other things they did, it might tilt the balance into the "sentence them closer the maximum term limit" vs the "lower end".
- wbl 2y agoJudges not juries determine sentences in the US. In federal court the Guidelines are applied resembling nothing so much as a Pathfinder grapple roll.
- armada651 2y agoNo, but it will make a difference in determining whether they're a flight risk by the judge. Given the evidence these two will probably await trail in jail rather than at home. Or at the very least they just bought themselves a nice new ankle bracelet.
- sandworm101 2y agoThe books evidence a desire to flee but equally evidence an ineptitude, the lack of an ability to flee. Buying a ticket for an international flight is akin to making an appointment with the FBI for you to be arrested. The FBI only dreams that every fugitive first pass through inspection/x-ray before being arrested in an airport terminal ringed with security. No need to worry about a fight, weapons or a dangerous police chase. The perps have already been frisked by the FAA. If these people ever run, they won't get far.
- mulmen 2y agoThe FAA does not run airport security. The FAA administers aviation, an actual necessary and valuable endeavor. The theatrical display you are subjected to in airports is overseen by DHS as justification for their continued existence as a jobs program. It has nothing to do with aviation. But yes, the FBI would be happy to have fugitives be caught at an airport checkpoint, although I doubt they’d risk relying on DHS to do it.
- bredren 2y agoAt what point does a person’s purchase of an international flight ticket trigger an alert to LE? Or does getting a notification like this require a warrant or similar court approval first?
- qingcharles 2y agoI don't know that the system is all that great. I've known people with multiple warrants fly around and in/out of the country multiple times before finally getting stopped.
- aceofspades19 2y agoIt's actually the TSA that does the frisking in the US at airports.
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- paulpauper 2y agoconvince jury