Fuck you, Cuomo! Swagger jacker.
Manhattan DA's office drops more than 3,000 open marijuana cases
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Re: Manhattan DA's office drops more than 3,000 open marijuana cases
#12Out of how many open cases total?
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#13I applaud the move. Curious that these cases stretch as far back as 1978, isn't there a statute of limitations for this sort of charge? If so, I would have expected the oldest to have been closed automatically decades ago.
The statute of limitation applies to the time between the moment the crime was committed and the moment charges are filed. If charges were filled and warrants were issued in 1978 but the "fugitive" was not caught, the statute of limitation won't apply, and the suspect could still be arrested now.
Re: Manhattan DA's office drops more than 3,000 open marijuana cases
#14I applaud the move. Curious that these cases stretch as far back as 1978, isn't there a statute of limitations for this sort of charge? If so, I would have expected the oldest to have been closed automatically decades ago.
> I applaud the move. Curious that these cases stretch as far back as 1978, isn't there a statute of limitations for this sort of charge?
The statute of limitations runs from the date of the alleged offense to when charges are filed; cases may not be resolved timely after charges are filed, e.g., if a defendant flees and prevents the case from proceeding to trial.
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#15Will the DA’s office work to overturn previous convictions people are currently serving time for? Not meant to undermine this incredibly progressive action.
The article states that the DA's action "does not apply to any cases where a defendant was convicted"
I’m aware of that. I’m curious if further action can be taken.
It’s insufficient that these proceedings are dropped when others will continue to serve out sentences for equivalent crimes.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
> this incredibly progressive action ..that never would've happened if Cuomo didn't feel real heat from Cynthia Nixon.
Huh? This doesn't have anything to do with Cuomo. This is the New York County (Manhattan) DA, who is himself an elected official.
People are so incredibly desperate to attribute things to people who haven't really done anything. I hate Cuomo too, but I'm not going to descend into nonsense peddling in order to fight him. It only serves to undermine any actual effort of resistance to the man.
Re: Manhattan DA's office drops more than 3,000 open marijuana cases
#18Will the DA’s office work to overturn previous convictions people are currently serving time for? Not meant to undermine this incredibly progressive action.
> this incredibly progressive action ..that never would've happened if Cuomo didn't feel real heat from Cynthia Nixon.
Are you asserting Cuomo had some influence on the Manhattan DA's decision? Can you point to a reference?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Huh? This doesn't have anything to do with Cuomo. This is the New York County (Manhattan) DA, who is himself an elected official.
People are so incredibly desperate to attribute things to people who haven't really done anything. I hate Cuomo too, but I'm not going to descend into nonsense peddling in order to fight him. It only serves to undermine any actual effort of resistance to the man.
> People are so incredibly desperate to attribute things to people who haven't really done anything. I hate Cuomo too, but I'm not going to descend into nonsense peddling in order to fight him. It only serves to undermine any actual effort of resistance to the man.
The New York State political machine is incredibly corrupt and interconnected. And Cuomo himself is more powerful and influential at all levels of state government (which includes country-level positions) than any governor since, well, his father. It's really not unreasonable to suspect he had a hand in this.
What Cuomo wants, Cuomo gets.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
> this incredibly progressive action ..that never would've happened if Cuomo didn't feel real heat from Cynthia Nixon.
maybe this is true, maybe not. But polls show he is up 40 points on her[0]. Maybe internal polling shows a different race, but not clear to me from publicly available information that he is feeling "real heat". 0: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/governor/ny/ne...
> maybe this is true, maybe not. But polls show he is up 40 points on her[0]. Maybe internal polling shows a different race, but not clear to me from publicly available information that he is feeling "real heat".
He's trying to run up the score to make it look like he has a mandate. If Nixon gets anything close to what Teachout got four years ago, it'll look bad for his 2020 presidential run.