https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1466442103513305093
By a 5–2 vote, the (extremely conservative) Florida Supreme Court holds that criminal defendants who exercise their right against self-incrimination by refusing to admit guilt may be punished with higher sentences due to "lack of remorse." https://t.co/p5XaoglWKU
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) December 2, 2021
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SCOTUS is going to reverse this in 5 seconds. "Ok to punish less if remorse is shown, ok to punish more if 'no remorse' is supported by evidence, remaining silent is neither". Screencap this and show off to your friends later.
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I'd respect the SCOTUS if they'd also order the tards who come up with these obviously going to be struck down laws to be lashed
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It’s fake. The “fifth amendment use” was a voluntary statement at sentencing after he was already convicted. Probably still bad but
Case: A jury convicted Davis of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. ... The jury convicted. The presentence investigation report noted Davis’s “extensive criminal history,” which included “numerous violent offenses.” ... At the sentencing hearing, Davis declared he was innocent. He insisted that the gun was not his, that the jury convicted him without sufficient evidence, and that his counsel performed inadequately. After Davis spoke, the court pronounced sentence. In doing so, the court recounted Davis’s significant criminal history and told Davis “you still fail to take any responsibility for your actions.” The court concluded that, “considering your history here, your failure to take any responsibility, the nature of the crime, the fact that it involves a firearm, the Court will sentence you to 15 years . . . , which is the statutory maximum.”
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I should have known better than to trust the fricking media. Thanks bro.
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one twitter user isn’t always the most reliable. At least he linked to the document that explained it
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Florida Derangement Syndrome, or FDS-- is the newest variant of rslur on the rise. I know a old gossip lady who says things on the phone like "Well I don't know so and so is from Florida, you know. They might not actually be vaccinated. Maybe that's why they didn't want to come? You'd find it out?" I don't know how widespread this new variant is, but I do know journos have been focusing on Florida a lot since Trump has been out of office. Dangerous anti science dictator DeSantis, etc.
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Oh. So it's literally a completely normal sentencing procedure and anything else is lies.
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maybe it’s a bit unusual but judges have discretion! Certainly not whatever OP claimed.
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It doesn't even strike me as unusual. I ain't no lawyer or nuthin but isn't remorse or lack thereof commonly used for sentencing?
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Remorse is commonly used to lower sentencing. This is using lack of remorse to raise sentencing (but within the discretionary area). Not entirely sure if there’s a difference smh
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It's really impressive how many illegal laws/rulings we've had down here the last few years, like if you look at almost all the big laws Desantis has jerked off about since he was elected, a ton of them have been overturned in court.
But yeah, I think even the mega rightoid regular SC is going to insta shoot this ruling down if it gets appealed lol
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I'm unaware of this uptick, all seems normal to me, are you sure it's not just a journo bait thing? Because seriously, it's like journos are missing the sapiens part.
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They'll just make normal sentencing higher while increasing how much sentence remorse removes.
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That does not offend the constitution. The people who wrote it were smart.
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Nah you right neighbor
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