Architect Keith Foster in deep trouble

[John_Cullum]

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Reading through the last page or two of this thread, it strikes me that this is why high profile (mostly white) criminals get light sentences.. either on the low side of the guidelines or, in the case of Paul Manafort, way under the recommended sentence.


Who can deny there is a common perception that, with the exception of capital crimes, the guilty party in these cases already 'suffered enough'... loss of career, income, prestige etc... Whereas a lot of poor (mostly minority) criminals were already living wretched lives according to those with the authority to decide their fate, so only a lengthy prison sentence feels like the appropriate  'punishment' for their deeds e.g the Black Woman who got a 6 year sentence for casting a provisional ballot in 2016. (Apparently neither she or the volunteer manning the polling location knew why she had been removed from voter rolls for an earlier criminal conviction.)

According to Houston Public Media:
"At the time of the 2016 election, Mason was on probation after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government in 2011. She served nearly three years in prison on a five-year sentence. After her prison release, she was put on a three-year term of supervised release. She also had to pay $4.2 million in restitution, according to court documents.
Mason testified that when she voted in November 2016, she signed a provisional ballot affidavit stating that she had not been convicted of a felony."

[Kalen Braley]

Cast one lousy illegal vote and go to jail for years.

Collude with the Russians and god knows who else and you get elected President.

Terrific!

[Joe Hancock]

Cast one lousy illegal vote and go to jail for years.

Collude with the Russians and god knows who else and you get elected President.

Terrific!

Posters have been evicted from this site for less egregious posts than yours as well. Nothing is fair any more.

[Kalen Braley]

Egregious?

That's funny too.  This coming from a party that spent how many wasted millions on bogus investigations over the better part of a decade without even one indictment, and then chanting "Lock her up" at their party's national convention.

Vs. A president with what nearly 30 indictments, with a dozen or so convictions and pleas to date in roughly 2 years, who allegedly only hires the best people? And every reputable intelligence agency on the planet agreeing voting interference actually happened.

Now that's Hilarious...

[Steve_ Shaffer]

He has also paid a $275,000 fine. After pleading guilty, Foster lost contracts with Congressional Country Club in Bethesda and Olympia Fields Country Club near Chicago.
The antique business was supposed to be a relatively safe outlet for Foster’s extra energy, he told Golf Club Atlas in 2014, compared to his other hobby of mountaineering.
“I always tried to challenge myself,” Foster said. “My wife much prefers my Outpost venture to climbing.”







https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/golf-architect-gets-30-day-sentence-for-smuggling-products-made-from-endangered-animals/2019/03/08/3753e9b0-40f5-11e9-922c-64d6b7840b82_story.html

[Jon Wiggett]

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Reading through the last page or two of this thread, it strikes me that this is why high profile (mostly white) criminals get light sentences.. either on the low side of the guidelines or, in the case of Paul Manafort, way under the recommended sentence.


Who can deny there is a common perception that, with the exception of capital crimes, the guilty party in these cases already 'suffered enough'... loss of career, income, prestige etc... Whereas a lot of poor (mostly minority) criminals were already living wretched lives according to those with the authority to decide their fate, so only a lengthy prison sentence feels like the appropriate  'punishment' for their deeds e.g the Black Woman who got a 6 year sentence for casting a provisional ballot in 2016. (Apparently neither she or the volunteer manning the polling location knew why she had been removed from voter rolls for an earlier criminal conviction.)

According to Houston Public Media:
"At the time of the 2016 election, Mason was on probation after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government in 2011. She served nearly three years in prison on a five-year sentence. After her prison release, she was put on a three-year term of supervised release. She also had to pay $4.2 million in restitution, according to court documents.
Mason testified that when she voted in November 2016, she signed a provisional ballot affidavit stating that she had not been convicted of a felony."

$4.2 million in restitution? How do they get that sort of figure? and how do they think she will be able to repay it? Is this not a case of the justice system being totally out of touch with the reality of the situation?

[Don Mahaffey]

Egregious?

That's funny too.  This coming from a party that spent how many wasted millions on bogus investigations over the better part of a decade without even one indictment, and then chanting "Lock her up" at their party's national convention.

Vs. A president with what nearly 30 indictments, with a dozen or so convictions and pleas to date in roughly 2 years, who allegedly only hires the best people? And every reputable intelligence agency on the planet agreeing voting interference actually happened.

Now that's Hilarious...

Joe’s a party? I know Joe, I hang out with Joe, and I’d never describe him as a party.

[Anthony Butler]

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Reading through the last page or two of this thread, it strikes me that this is why high profile (mostly white) criminals get light sentences.. either on the low side of the guidelines or, in the case of Paul Manafort, way under the recommended sentence.


Who can deny there is a common perception that, with the exception of capital crimes, the guilty party in these cases already 'suffered enough'... loss of career, income, prestige etc... Whereas a lot of poor (mostly minority) criminals were already living wretched lives according to those with the authority to decide their fate, so only a lengthy prison sentence feels like the appropriate  'punishment' for their deeds e.g the Black Woman who got a 6 year sentence for casting a provisional ballot in 2016. (Apparently neither she or the volunteer manning the polling location knew why she had been removed from voter rolls for an earlier criminal conviction.)

According to Houston Public Media:
"At the time of the 2016 election, Mason was on probation after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government in 2011. She served nearly three years in prison on a five-year sentence. After her prison release, she was put on a three-year term of supervised release. She also had to pay $4.2 million in restitution, according to court documents.
Mason testified that when she voted in November 2016, she signed a provisional ballot affidavit stating that she had not been convicted of a felony."

$4.2 million in restitution? How do they get that sort of figure? and how do they think she will be able to repay it? Is this not a case of the justice system being totally out of touch with the reality of the situation?

This women does not sound too bright... she's constantly getting caught in either penny-ante schemes or for doing things that seem to garner no benefit to her.. I would call her a scofflaw, but that implies a coherent philosophy of purposely thumbing your nose at authority.

That said, does paying $60k a year to keep this person locked up (in lieu of the fact they will never see a dime of the $4.2m) seem like a good use of public resources?

#forprofitprisonlobby