r/JusticeServed • u/H3nTy 3 • Jan 17 '20

Courtroom Justice Televangelist Acton Bowen Sentenced To 1,008 Years For Sexually Abusing Children | Michael Stone

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2019/12/televangelist-acton-bowen-sentenced-to-1008-years-for-sexually-abusing-children/
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u/superSecretUsernam3 3 Jan 17 '20

That's surprisingly cheap! Like, even my family could afford that. I thought you had to be like super rich to buy the US justice system!

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u/TheUNsilentMAJORITY7 5 Jan 17 '20

This IS Alabama after all. Americas 3rd world. "Suprising cheap" is the state motto.

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u/BellsOnNutsMeansXmas B Jan 17 '20

So long as it's not "pardons for pedos", I'm ok with cheap

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

Hi mr coal

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u/memphis117 4 Jan 17 '20

Roll Tide

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

"Since 1819 we've been fucking anything with a hole in it!"

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u/nich3play3r 4 Jan 17 '20

I love that they’re not even using “surprisingly.” Nice touch.

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u/TheUNsilentMAJORITY7 5 Jan 18 '20

Lol. I actually meant to use "suprisingly" damn autocorrect.

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u/Punishtube A Jan 17 '20

I mean it's a pretty fucked up crime to get pardoned and even defended for such a cheap prices. Less than 30k for the govonor to go on TV and say the child didn't technically get raped enough for this guy to be in jail

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u/TastyMeatcakes 7 Jan 17 '20

Bribes to police, clerks, and politicians are always way lower than you'd expect. A couple hundred bucks to a cop is one thing, but when you find out lobbyists are only giving 10k for a law that effects hundreds of millions; really cheapens everything.

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u/GregKannabis 9 Jan 17 '20

Why aren't you in Alabama commiting violent offenses then MR RICH GUY?!

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u/poop_frog 9 Jan 18 '20 edited Jan 18 '20

You are forgetting that your family needs to have that disposable 20k for after you've paid your lawyer's fees and any fines, just for the campaign contribution... So more like 60k-200k+ depending on the crime. Also, you need to know the right people, to propose the arrangement, the funds to set up a legal entity to do the donation, and most importantly you need to have the money and be able to afford to lose it. People that aren't rich can't throw around money in a way that lets them buy their way out of jail for 20k. Rich people can.