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Trump's Kentucky Campaign Chair will spend the rest of his life in jail after being convicted of child sex trafficking.
Nolan will serve 20 years in jail & pay restitution of $110,000 to the Kentucky Human Trafficking Victims Fund.
Link to tweet
71-year-old Timothy Nolan a former Campbell County District Judge who was chair of the Trump campaign in Kentucky according to court documents entered guilty pleas on all 21 counts against him in court on Friday. A press release issued by the office of Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear listed a multitude of charges, including human trafficking of adults, human trafficking of minors, and unlawful transaction with minors.
Nolan will serve 20 years in jail and pay restitution of $110,000, with a bulk of the fine going toward the Human Trafficking Victims Fund, which the Kentucky General Assembly established in 2013. Nolan will be eligible for parole in 2022, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. If he had not entered guilty pleas, Nolan would have faced up to 100 years in prison.
The New York Daily News reported that Nolan had a total of 19 victims dating back to 2004. While the victims information has not been publicly released, some of them included children below the age of 18. Judge Kathleen Lape said Nolan threatened arrest and eviction to force women and girls to have sex with him. Nolan also apparently paid the women and juveniles with heroin and painkillers, and gave alcohol to a minor on more than one occasion.
https://gritpost.com/trump-campaign-chair-trafficking/
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Kinda hope the parole board doesn't approve him.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)CozyMystery
(652 posts)It doesn't mean that the defendant will get parole, since parole is a privilege, not a right.
Kentucky parole eligibility is decided according to the laws and statutes within the state. Violent offenders must serve a minimum of 85% of their total sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Habitual felons have to serve ten years of a sentence and some specific crimes, such as sex offenders, subject the inmate to corresponding treatment programs before the inmate is eligible for parole. Eligibility does not guarantee the granting of parole, which is a privilege, not a right.
http://www.governmentregistry.org/criminal_records/parole/state_parole/kentucky_parole.html
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)isn't that rape? Is rape considered a violent felony in Kentucky?
CozyMystery
(652 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Leith
(7,808 posts)I hope he dies in prison. Natural causes not necessary.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)CozyMystery
(652 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)"My family values your money".......
Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)In a statement following the pleas, Nolans attorney, Margo Grubbs, argued that what Nolan did would have been seen as legally acceptable under the laws of a different day and age.
[Nolan] took full personal responsibility for these acts that in his potential day and generation would not necessarily be considered to rise to the level of human trafficking, Grubbs said.
Some of Nolans pleas were Alford v. North Carolina pleas, meaning that the plea was given to avoid trial due to overwhelming evidence, but that Nolan still maintains his innocence.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)slavery, you may've heard of it?
Nowadays, keeping slaves, let alone raping them, is highly illegal, and universally (in the western world at least) regarded as deplorable, evil behavior.
Even today there's countries where girls are sold off to adult men as 'brides' by their parents in exchange for money. But guess what? Those are primitive ass, backwards countries, and the rest of the world rejects the idea that this is 'okay'.
You're not IN a country, nor are you in an AGE, where/when this sort of thing is considered remotely acceptable. We have these things called 'laws', you see?
I have to admit though I am somewhat curious as to how what is being described as 'what he did' ... does actually rise to the level of 'human trafficking' ... cause it sounds like it 'only' meets the criteria of illegal narcotics distribution and ... oh ... rape, including that of vulnerable minors ... so it's a key point to argue whether it's actual 'human trafficking' ...
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dweller
(23,612 posts)rot in jail slimy perv, and take yer turtle with ya ...
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CozyMystery
(652 posts)"Human Trafficking is considered modern-day slavery and is widespread in Central Kentucky, where adults and children are being bought, sold and smuggled. It involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act and is the second-largest criminal enterprise in the world. However, local law officials, state agencies and several non-profits are working to eradicate this dark crime and offer victims help."
appalachiablue
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triron
(21,984 posts)Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)..Sick Fuck,
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)Initech
(100,034 posts)gopiscrap
(23,725 posts)if you have republican relatives please watch your children closely
oasis
(49,323 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,930 posts)This is their tactic. It has been used by dictators for like ever.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)and along with my House representative, they're about the only bright spots in my political life.
Noticed this in the article (snip):
One of the most horrible practices in human trafficking I've read about lately is using bail bonds to get women out of jail, then holding them hostage for the money with prostitution. People that participate in that should be hung in the public square......
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)(snip)
Trump's Oklahoma campaign chair to plead guilt to child sex trafficking
by John Paul Brammer Nov.20.2017
Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-oklahoma-campaign-chair-plead-guilt-child-sex-trafficking-n822461
Is this a trend??........ ....... .........
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Really could've used their boy here's trafficking skills and connections and what not ...
What are they gonna do now?
Maybe Jordan knows someone ...
Meadowoak
(5,534 posts)safeinOhio
(32,635 posts)Satanic Child Sex ring yet?
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)malaise
(268,681 posts)will suffer the same fate?