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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou can debate how awful a governor that DeSatan is...but he's a terrible lawyer!
Just about all his actions are shot down - often by Trump appointed judges!
https://www.mynwfl.com/so/cbOJpnHba?languageTag=en&cid=56f141b4-c767-40d4-b609-87ffe29fea70
State of Florida agrees to dismiss case against whistleblower Rebekah Jones
The state of Florida determined on December 7, 2022 that its interests would best be served by dismissing its case for exceeding authorized use of computer systems against me, a charge stemming from the December 7, 2020 armed raid of my home.
Im free
After I pay a $20,000 fee to police for investigative costs, inclusive of the time they spent pointing semi-automatic weapons at my two-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son on direct orders from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
No justice would be served by continuing the charade, but I must pay them regardless. In a judicial system adversarial to empathy, truth and human decency, I win a total dismissal for a fee.
The state statute applied for the sole charge against me was struck down in June 2021 with the Van Buren v United States Supreme Court decision. We challenged the law, but the judge refused to hear arguments.
The conclusion of the two-years-long ordeal comes after I rejected multiple earlier plea offers from the state, who sought to settle the case without a trial early on.
Im free
After I pay a $20,000 fee to police for investigative costs, inclusive of the time they spent pointing semi-automatic weapons at my two-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son on direct orders from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
No justice would be served by continuing the charade, but I must pay them regardless. In a judicial system adversarial to empathy, truth and human decency, I win a total dismissal for a fee.
The state statute applied for the sole charge against me was struck down in June 2021 with the Van Buren v United States Supreme Court decision. We challenged the law, but the judge refused to hear arguments.
The conclusion of the two-years-long ordeal comes after I rejected multiple earlier plea offers from the state, who sought to settle the case without a trial early on.
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You can debate how awful a governor that DeSatan is...but he's a terrible lawyer! (Original Post)
Sancho
Dec 2022
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Biophilic
(3,723 posts)1. I don't understand. If they dismissed the case why does she have to pay $20,000 fee to police?
Desantis brought the charge
barbtries
(28,818 posts)2. i'm thinking it must be
a plea deal. otherwise I can't figure out why she wouldn't be suing the pants off the state of FL.
Biophilic
(3,723 posts)4. Yes, me, too. I don't understand this at all. Very frustrating.
What DeSantis did was really, really wrong. But it looks like he's going to get away with being a bastard once again.
Meadowoak
(5,571 posts)3. DuhSantis probably needs it for his POTUS campaign fund.