Why Did Tump Receive an "Unconditional discharge ?"
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| President-elect Donald J. Trump, who was convicted of 34 felonies, originally faced up to four years behind bars.Credit...Adam Gray for The New York Times |
Judge Merchant sentenced Trump who has a 34 Count indictment and convicted by a jury of his peers, like any other Billionaire in a white crime except Trump's Crimes were not just white crimes. This is the justice which you seee in NYState Courts. If You commit a white crime (meaning you are white) you get offf most of the time with conditional discharge which mean he still has to pay for restitution and maybe do community Service. Trump sentence was unconditional released, meaning he is done. How about restitution? Nope. He only gets to keep the tittle of Felon which according to Amendment 14 of the constitution, He can not serve in. Federal office. The constitution and the law are thrown out with the garbage to give Trump what he needs by the Party coming to power.
Now history teaches us that crimes of the magnitude of Trump will eventually come back to bite him.I was amazed that a judge who is had a good record for fairness decided to give a sentence for himself and family to live in peace. If Judge Merchant would have sent Trump to jail, he too and his family would probably have to be relocated or live with body guards indefinitely and behind some sort of bars for the rest of his tenure. He realized that almost half of the electorate picked Trump knowing who he is. Merchant probably thought, Who Am I to take that away? Well he was the law as the appointed Judge to Preside over Trump's crimes.
By Kate Christobek
The New York Times
On Friday, Justice Juan M. Merchan sentenced Donald J. Trump to an unconditional discharge, a rare and lenient sentence in New York state courts that still cements Mr. Trump’s status as a felon before his inauguration.
A conditional discharge would have required him to meet certain conditions, like maintaining employment or paying restitution, but Mr. Trump will not be subject to any requirements going forward.
The outcome was expected: Last week, in an 18-page decision, Justice Merchan said that he planned to give Mr. Trump an unconditional discharge, writing that it “appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality.”
Mr. Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal, had originally faced probation or up to four years in prison, and a New York Times analysis revealed that Justice Merchan had ample ground to consider incarceration.
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Since 2014, a third of defendants sentenced to the most serious charge of falsifying business records in the first degree in Manhattan received jail time, amounting to less than a year behind bars.
Other defendants received prison time — more than a year’s incarceration — or were sentenced to probation, conditional discharges, community service or fines.
No other defendant in the cases examined received an unconditional discharge.
Kate Christobek is a reporter covering breaking news for The Times. More about Kate Christobek
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