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Soros, Zuckerberg Sink Millions into Ohio Ballot Initiative That Could See Violent Felons Set Free
By Jeff Sanders, PJ Media, September 14, 2018:
Ohioans will soon be voting on Issue 1, a ballot initiative that is ostensibly about reforming drug laws, but actually is about giving “get out of jail free” cards to not only drug offenders, but dozens of other kinds of criminals in Ohio’s prisons. The ballot initiative is known as “The Neighborhood Safety Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment” and is a six-page amendment to the Ohio Constitution.
Story continues below advertisement(You can read the actual language of the ballot, as well as pro and con arguments regarding the issue at the non-partisan voting information site, ivoters.com.)
The premise is that too many non-violent criminals are clogging up the courts and prison system and we need to get them out of prisons and back into society. Supposedly this will save the state of Ohio a ton of money. Prison expenditures should only be for violent offenders, proponents say.
Only that’s not what will happen if Issue 1 passes. Here are three reasons Issue 1 is a terrible idea.
1. Drug convictions will only count as misdemeanors
This initiative would reduce all sentences for criminals who are guilty of illegal drug possession, drug trafficking, or possession of drug paraphernalia. The new law, which would become part of the Ohio Constitution — not the Ohio Revised Code — would mandate that everyone found guilty of drug violations be charged only with a misdemeanor.
Selling cocaine or heroin or fentanyl? You would be slapped with the equivalent of a parking ticket. Repeat offender? No big deal. If you have been convicted one or two times in a two-year period of time, there shall be no penalty stronger than probation. Yep, it says that in Issue 1. Go read it for yourself.
The proposal goes on to say that current prisoners may appeal their sentences for drug violations and also get them reduced to misdemeanors. So, convicts can bypass parole boards and basically write their own tickets to get out of jail. The initiative says that incarcerated individuals shall earn a one-half-day credit on their sentences for each day they participate in rehabilitation, work, or educational programs — up to 25 percent of their sentence. This applies, by the way, to all convicted criminals except murderers, rapists, child molesters, or those who have been sentenced to death or life without parole.
1. Drug convictions will only count as misdemeanors
This initiative would reduce all sentences for criminals who are guilty of illegal drug possession, drug trafficking, or possession of drug paraphernalia. The new law, which would become part of the Ohio Constitution — not the Ohio Revised Code — would mandate that everyone found guilty of drug violations be charged only with a misdemeanor.
Selling cocaine or heroin or fentanyl? You would be slapped with the equivalent of a parking ticket. Repeat offender? No big deal. If you have been convicted one or two times in a two-year period of time, there shall be no penalty stronger than probation. Yep, it says that in Issue 1. Go read it for yourself.
The proposal goes on to say that current prisoners may appeal their sentences for drug violations and also get them reduced to misdemeanors. So, convicts can bypass parole boards and basically write their own tickets to get out of jail. The initiative says that incarcerated individuals shall earn a one-half-day credit on their sentences for each day they participate in rehabilitation, work, or educational programs — up to 25 percent of their sentence. This applies, by the way, to all convicted criminals except murderers, rapists, child molesters, or those who have been sentenced to death or life without parole.
2. It will let dangerous criminals out of prison
Is letting criminals reduce their own sentences (thus bypassing parole boards) a good idea? Notice that the proposed law states that the ONLY exceptions to a reduction of sentencing are for those convicted of murder, rape, child molestation, and those on death row or with life sentences. It says nothing at all about prisoners convicted of other violent crimes.
That means those convicted of any other felonies can now reduce their sentences, just like the drug offenders … and get out of jail. Isn’t that just wonderful? Now, what other kinds of felonies are there? Let’s see, there’s aggravated assault, attempted murder, felonious assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated menacing, kidnapping (won’t all the human traffickers love this?), extortion, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, voyeurism, prostitution, stalking, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, identity theft, domestic violence, arson… I could go on and on.
Everyone convicted of these crimes would be eligible to get their sentences reduced to misdemeanors, and judges could do nothing about it.
Imagine for a moment someone selling fentanyl. This, of course, is part of the opioid epidemic, killing people left and right. A drug bust in Nebraska recently found 118 pounds of fentanyl — enough to kill 26 million people. Another bust in New York City (200 pounds of fentanyl) had enough of the opioid to kill 32 million people.
Currently in Ohio, if you possess 20 grams of fentanyl, you are labeled a drug trafficker and sentenced accordingly. Under this new “progressive” law, someone who possesses 19 grams of fentanyl (enough to kill 10,000 people) would not be considered a drug trafficker. Police would only be able to slap the seller on the wrist and give him or her the equivalent of a parking ticket.
What a wonderful message that will send to all the drug traffickers (and accompanying human traffickers) around the world: Come to Ohio, sell your most deadly drugs, and all you’ll get is a slap on the wrist!
If Issue 1 passes in Ohio, the state constitution will mandate that these types of dangerous criminals will have the opportunity to get all their sentences reduced to a misdemeanor. And there is nothing a state judge or the state legislator or the governor can do about it. This amendment would tie the hands of judges and prosecutors. The chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Maureen O’Connor, warned that Issue 1 “will have catastrophic consequences for our state.” Paul Pfeifer, former Ohio Supreme Court justice, said that Issue 1 is a “horrible idea.”
Many attorneys defending the criminals will love this proposed law, but do we really want our courts tied up even more with a flood of dangerous criminals using a new law to reduce their sentences to misdemeanors? Do we really want a poorly-worded six-page document added as an amendment to the Ohio Constitution? Isn’t changing drug laws the role of state legislators? Isn’t the Ohio Revised Code the place for any new laws about illegal drugs, so that if the law turns out to be a bad one or is unworkable, the legislature can change it? If it is in the constitution, however, the legislature won’t have that option. It could only be repealed by a new amendment.
Everyone convicted of these crimes would be eligible to get their sentences reduced to misdemeanors, and judges could do nothing about it.
Imagine for a moment someone selling fentanyl. This, of course, is part of the opioid epidemic, killing people left and right. A drug bust in Nebraska recently found 118 pounds of fentanyl — enough to kill 26 million people. Another bust in New York City (200 pounds of fentanyl) had enough of the opioid to kill 32 million people.
Currently in Ohio, if you possess 20 grams of fentanyl, you are labeled a drug trafficker and sentenced accordingly. Under this new “progressive” law, someone who possesses 19 grams of fentanyl (enough to kill 10,000 people) would not be considered a drug trafficker. Police would only be able to slap the seller on the wrist and give him or her the equivalent of a parking ticket.
What a wonderful message that will send to all the drug traffickers (and accompanying human traffickers) around the world: Come to Ohio, sell your most deadly drugs, and all you’ll get is a slap on the wrist!
If Issue 1 passes in Ohio, the state constitution will mandate that these types of dangerous criminals will have the opportunity to get all their sentences reduced to a misdemeanor. And there is nothing a state judge or the state legislator or the governor can do about it. This amendment would tie the hands of judges and prosecutors. The chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Maureen O’Connor, warned that Issue 1 “will have catastrophic consequences for our state.” Paul Pfeifer, former Ohio Supreme Court justice, said that Issue 1 is a “horrible idea.”
Many attorneys defending the criminals will love this proposed law, but do we really want our courts tied up even more with a flood of dangerous criminals using a new law to reduce their sentences to misdemeanors? Do we really want a poorly-worded six-page document added as an amendment to the Ohio Constitution? Isn’t changing drug laws the role of state legislators? Isn’t the Ohio Revised Code the place for any new laws about illegal drugs, so that if the law turns out to be a bad one or is unworkable, the legislature can change it? If it is in the constitution, however, the legislature won’t have that option. It could only be repealed by a new amendment.
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16 Comments
5 years ago
Sure release them back into the public. Minimize punishment and that will DETER them. Sarcasm off.
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5 years ago
How come Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries have a low crime rate?
5 years ago
It’s no coincidence Ohio is targeted. The GOP requires that state for national elections.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Absolutely correct. Felons loose the right to vote. Change the felony to a misdemeanor and they can once again vote. They are pretty sure the newly minted voters will vote demorat.
5 years ago
The rich have too much power in this country…
5 years ago
The only way to stop these pigs is to
call for their open slaughter !
Zuckerberg ( sugar mountain ) and
Soros ( georgy schwantz )
Have no reason to exist
they must be annihilated
they must be slaughtered
5 years ago
It’s good to know that. Am mostly leery everytime an issue is on our ballot, especially when the coded word “reform” is used.
5 years ago
Suckerberg and Soroass are creating a DRUGGED society. That is their aim. The aim of Demoncraps and lieberals. They already are legalizing Marijuana and making it a legit drug.
If you ever read about Marijuana you know what they are doing to you. Instead of being kept barefoot and pregnant they find it easier to just DRUG YOU UP.
Make you stupid, promise you sh it and then you vote them in for more fcukups.
5 years ago
Turn them lose! Time for some target practice! Clear the prisons. Time to right the Liberal Judges and the ACLU’s mistakes. American Criminal Liberation Union! Time for a PURGE of the prisons honor roll. Time to eliminate a tax payer burden.
5 years ago
POTUS signed an executive order to prosecute those who “interfere with US elections”…foreign entities, which I interpret to mean NGOs and individuals who do so. Maybe George Soros will loose his fortune after conviction. That would be a good thing.
5 years ago
I never liked Zuckerberg and this reinforces it when he hooked up with evil Soros.
5 years ago
If they return to crime, Soros and Zuckerberg can go back to prison with them.
5 years ago
If there was ever any doubt that Zuckie and Soros work together with their vast wealth…..there is zero doubt now.
And, both of them worked with the Muslim Marxist Obama…..Zuckie going to the White House hundreds of times….Soros backing Obummer as far back as when he was a “community organizer” (translation: race baiting thug)….and financed his senate campaign…..
Obummer sent Zuckie to the middle east prior to the “Arab Spring” alleged “spontaneous” uprising…..Zuckie and his people made sure there were plenty of cell phone towers for the organizers of the uprising…..that was anything but “spontaneous”…..
These two are the scum of the earth…..
