[HN Gopher] Judge declines to jail two men accused of impersonat...
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       Judge declines to jail two men accused of impersonating federal
       agents
        
       Author : prostoalex
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-04-17 19:24 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.reuters.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.reuters.com)
        
       | markdown wrote:
        
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         | cheaprentalyeti wrote:
         | You're looking at the bribe amounts and thinking about how
         | unfair it is with a heaping side of $PARTISANATTACKOFTHEDAY
         | while to me it looks like it was _preparation for a future
         | assassination attempt_ no matter what the amount-we-know-about
         | is. (BTW, what we're seeing is probably the tip of the
         | iceberg).
         | 
         | I really don't approve of $CURRENTPRESIDENT but I'm much more
         | disturbed, profoundly so, that we're possibly letting what
         | looks like a serious assasination team out on bail.
        
           | toast0 wrote:
           | It sounds like the only charges were impersonation. If
           | there's something more nefarious going on that you'd like
           | something done about, it really needs to be charged,
           | otherwise there's major due process issues.
        
       | system2 wrote:
       | I read the article but I am more puzzled now. Can they go deeper
       | why these two accused of doing something like this? Motivation?
       | How they contacted the agents etc.
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       | Was this an ongoing case everyone knows?
        
       | NickRandom wrote:
       | After reading the article: To me it sounds like the judge agreed
       | to grant them bail pre-trial? Does that equal "declines to jail"?
       | Because my initial impression based on the headline was "judge
       | refuses to send guilty person to jail".
        
         | perihelions wrote:
         | That's exactly what it is.
         | 
         | - _" But Harvey said that the case did not meet the standards
         | for denying bail to a defendant, particularly since neither man
         | is charged with a crime of violence."_
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         | - _" In a case like this, release should be the norm," [U.S.
         | Magistrate Judge] Harvey said."_
         | 
         | and
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         | - _" The judge also noted that if the duo is convicted of the
         | crime, sentencing guidelines would recommend a jail term of
         | just zero to six months, the lowest possible range for
         | incarceration under those guidelines."_
         | 
         | https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/12/judge-sets-bail-for-2-men-ac...
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         | (I'd opine the CNBC article would make a better submission than
         | the Reuters, because of this exposition which the other lacks).
        
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