Brickbat: Final Destiny

A Clark County, Indiana, judge sentenced Destiny Hoffman to 48 hours in jail after she violated the terms of her drug court program. She was released from jail 154 days later. While the judge may have sentenced her to 48 hours, his actual order was the she be held until he sent an order that she be released, something he never did. In fact, she was only released because an assistant prosecutor was reviewing old files and discovered Hoffman was still in jail and sought a hearing before another judge.
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Sounds fishy. Why didn't she use a phone call to contact someone to contact the judge, or a lawyer or something? She must have known someone from the strip club who could have done something.
She did. She.actually wrote a letter to the.judge, who never read.it.
Yeah? That's not mentioned in the linked article. It still seems like she could've gotten someone on the outside to try and contact the judge or something after six months.
Having some documented proof of that letter ought to be enough to win a tidy sum from the taxpayers though.
I'm sure she had her secretary make a copy
I'm not sure prison tats are admissible though.
If this.is.the.same.woman I read.about a few.days ago, another article reported that she had.written a letter. I'll see.if.I can find.that.
The judge probably ignored it because of all the extraneous periods.
Hier.
Yeah, that one seems much better researched.
Good Morning!
It afternoon here. Stop othering me with your cheery American timezonearchy.
timezonearchy
Timezonenormativity.
Timezonesplainin'.
Timezonenormativity would mean having all the times in UTC.
Timezonenormativity means that Lady Bertrum says "Good morning" just because it is morning where she is. And what the time stamp shows.
Good evening from the future
If it's the future there, will we manage to capsize florida today?
Yes, but the underside is even worse than you could imagine
IS IT TOO LATE TO STOP?!
Better call Saul.
+1 Breaking Bad
Dude this makes a lot of sense man, I mean like wow.
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It does, doesn't it? Keep those criminals off the street as long as you can, and then pretend it was a mistake when some do-gooder finds out. LOL
I've heard they serve a lot of legumes in prison, so let's roll that beutuful bean footage.
This judge has a future with the TSA.
Nah, sign him up for the Independent Payment Advisory Board
I guess I missed the part where the judge was charged with false imprisonment...
It's rumored he said oops, when informed of his forgetfulness.