Artevelde
Senior Member
This may come as a surprise to you but GuyPinestra's ranting editorial on the subject has no bearing on what this girl did and whether she deserves some punishment for disobeying the judge's gag order. I'm merely asking you if your opinion about that really hinges on the outcome of a plea bargain? Because if so, that's pretty dim witted, no offense.
Maybe you should simply calmly read what I wrote and assume that the words mean what they are supposed to mean. In a state where the rule of law prevails, one is guilty of that for which one is properly convicted by a court of law, nothing else.
I guess I missed the part where you offered an opinion about what the victim did.
Do you think she should be punished with a fine and/or jail time?
I think she should be fined for her original offense of drunk and disorderly conduct. Jail time would seem unwarranted for such an offense.
As to this supposed gag order by the court and her supposed breach of that, it's up to the judge to decide. Personally, as I've stated before in this thread, I believe that once the persons are convicted by a court, and presumiong they are not very young children, but 16 or 17 year olds, I don't see why their names shouldn't be made pyblic.