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Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife

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Re: Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife

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Post by mc32 »

nojvek wrote: post #59
mc32 wrote: post #12

Strangely, it appears the main reason this was not elevated to felony assault is because the DA in St Clara County avoided that because it could lead to deportation which the DA prefers to avoid, "Fein indicated that his boss, Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen, seeks to avoid such deportations". That seems odd. Not saying Rosen's decision is as malformed as Aaron Pesky's, but it deserves some questioning.

I wonder what happens when a Judge makes a terrible decision. Does he get fired? What is his incentive to do the right thing?

Judges don't get fired. And that's a good thing, generally speaking because they are not subject to vagaries of the day or politics. That said, very poor judges can get reprimands, recalls or impeachments.

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Post by acchow »

rm2040 wrote: post #25
mc32 wrote: post #12

Strangely, it appears the main reason this was not elevated to felony assault is because the DA in St Clara County avoided that because it could lead to deportation which the DA prefers to avoid, "Fein indicated that his boss, Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen, seeks to avoid such deportations". That seems odd. Not saying Rosen's decision is as malformed as Aaron Pesky's, but it deserves some questioning.

Gotta keep the H1B train rolling at all costs! Don't dare discourage it with any deportations...

I think deportation would result in this person getting off scot-free in their home country, which the DA would rather avoid...

Re: Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife

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Post by aws_ls »

panic wrote: post #18
paulddraper wrote: post #9

Though I don't claim this particular case is usual, it is sadly true that wife abuse is far more common in Indian culture than in the US. In a conversation recently between my wife and an Indian neighbor, it was mentioned in passing that a spouse would be jailed for physical abuse. The married Indian women looked rather worried and asked if it happened just once and that was it then surely no one would get in trouble…

It's dangerous to justify a statement about a large group of people or their culture using anecdotes. It's the kind of reasoning that leads to racism, antisemitism, etc.

Unfortunately, even the pop culture e.g. movies, also showed the hero slapping the heroine, when she does some mistake like plotting against the family. And these kind of movies were made well upto late 90s.

In the movie, the male-hero always does it for a justifiable cause. But how does, the real life male, distinguish, between situations.

This case (OP article) is of a psychopath like person. But in general there are lot of misdemeanors (thankfully, much lighter compared to this). The first step for fixing that, is acknowledging that problem exists.

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Post by qazpot »

>> Multiple times in the past, Mr Gattani would come back home from Cuberon, his startup, after having an argument with his co-founder and tell me, “you and my co-founder (who shall remain unnamed) are the same – lazy, empty promise makers, Positive fools, with no results. I can’t trust him.” >>

Re: Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife

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Post by ohkaiby »

nojvek wrote: post #58

I have no idea what the Santa Clara judge was thinking, but I think he just made a whole lot of women feel like taking such things to court will actually make things work. I'm pretty sure Neha will get beaten up even more after Guttani leaves in 13 days. Why would he even care if he gets deported. Does America really want scum like this? Silicon Valley investors will invest in his company anyway, just the way United…

You mean ‘she’:

https://ballotpedia.org/Allison_M._Danner

https://law.stanford.edu/directory/allison-danner/

Re: Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife

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Post by SK123 »

There seem to me several perpetrators in this case, with Gattani being the primary one. DA Jeff Rosen and Assistant DA Steve Fein, along with Judge Danner are all perpetrators, by ridiculing the victim, and aiding Gattani to stay in the country and further torture and victimize the victim further. The people of Santa Clara county will remember DA Jeff Rosen when it is election time. SHAME on you Rosen.
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