Walz Pardons A Convicted Pedophile

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Shocker... Liberal politician says the criminal is the victim and the victim is the criminal?

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https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/minnesota-pardon-may-block-deportat…

Somebody oil up the .270.

Not sure how it works in Thailand,  but I'm quite certain that this guy would be hog food in my neighborhood. 

For anybody not wanting to read the article here's a summary 

 He had a green card (which would imply he came to the US legally), the conviction  resulted in the loss of his green card and made him an " Illegal Immigrant".  

 He took full responsibility for what he did. He even said that the defence he used back in 2006 was BS  .   

According to his pardon application, Vang ( 22 years old at the time) was sentenced to 144 months(12 years) and placed on probation for 30 years. Upon completing probation in 2019, the Ramsey County District Court determined Vang was “discharged from probation” and was able to restore all civil rights and citizenship as if the conviction “had not taken place,” according to the application. 

During the June 10 hearing, Vang apologized for his actions, specifically noting he claimed what he did was normal in his culture. “That was a lie, she was not at fault in any ways,” he said at his pardon hearing. “There’s no culture that makes that I did acceptable.”

It was a committee that decided to give the pardon.  Minnesota Board of Pardons consists of the governor, attorney general and chief justice

All 3 of them voted to pardon.

The pardon only makes him eligible to get his green card back. And that is why DHS is claiming that it was done to block a deportation. The Governor has no part of the decision on the green card being reissued or not. 

If only Epstein's buddies would be treated the same.  A pardon after the full prison sentence and probation has been served is different from never spending a day in jail or getting a big chunk of that sentence shaved off. At least this guy has paid some price for his crimes . And in the end the pardon may end up not really changing anything. He could still be denied his green card being reissued and end up being deported.

And an even shorter to the point summary. 

After being convicted ( at the age of 22) serving his sentence of 12 years in prison and finishing probation in 2019 , He admitted to his crimes in the pardon hearing .The pardon made by a 3 person committee all voted to pardon him. Makes him eligible to have his green card reinstated. 

But he could still be denied the reinstatement and be deported. It is up to a federal agency the governor has no connections to to reissue the green card or not.

How do the three that granted the pardon sleep at night.  

I worked sex crimes for a little while.  The real deal is always worse than what you read.

How did he complete a 30 year probation if he served 12 years beginning in 2006?  Wouldn’t he only have spent 8 years on probation?  There’s some strange math in this story…..

Yah I was wondering how that works. I was wondering if it was a typo since the jail time was in months. Or if some sort of reduction happened.  It felt like the article was missing   info . 

Yeah, I’m certainly not saying that it’s a completely bogus story by any stretch of the imagination, but when I see things like that which don’t make much sense, it makes me wonder if it’s a true piece of news or an op-ed about a piece of news. 

I don't know,   I hope that they had all the details of what he did .  I was just trying to summarize the article with info that was not spin or opinions.  Not saying that I agreed with the pardon. I just felt like the details of it not being a single person deciding on the pardon was important info.  

  I am glad that the pardon is not cutting into any jail time  that he had to serve and that he still had to serve his sentence.

 I do wonder about the math not working on  the probation and jail time though. I feel like if it had been reduced for some reason that a sentence saying so would be easy enough to add. It would make me question the  thoroughness and factuality of the reporting less.

This country sure does have its priorities mixed up..... 🙄

I have a spare HDPE 55 gallon drum… 

You Can Not Make This Shit Up ™️

If I ran the zoo he'd get a one way ticket to Thailand, or Arlington Texas. His choice. I'm leaning towards Texas being a better solution. Hogs gotta eat too. 

And to think, this asshole was actually considered a viable candidate for the vice presidency. 

But then again, he was a perfect fit for the running mate.

That's a creative way of describing  what happened to George Floyd .   

What is he mistaken about?

If that’s the best we can get, it’ll do……