God Damnit. God fucking Damnit. Fuck Fuck Fuck this is disgusting, private prosecutions. didn’t even give credit for time served. all for beating Chevron in an environmental case and appealing a preposterous court order. I knew cruelty was the point in this but fuck. Even if he actually did 6 counts of contempt of court 2 years and 8 months is more than can be legally given for that.
He’s a legit political prisoner.
I typically hate the dystopia comparison thing but jesus christ is there anything more fucking dystopic capitalist than private prosecution?
Private prosecutions have been around forever, and they can theoretically be useful. If for example the state does not charge a cop for a wrongful shooting, the family of the victim can in theory initiate a private prosecution.
In practice however there are significant costs involved and most people simply would not have the funding to go through with something like that. Corporations on the other hand…
Not even time served? Wow :amerikkka-clap:
The [$8.6 billion judgment against Chevron] was ultimately scrapped, and Donziger was ruled to have won it through fraud and bribery
Wasn’t it ruled based on the testimony of some guy who was paid off a million dollars and admitted to lying? Am I remembering those facts right?
Bad, but not as bad as I was expecting.
Is six months the maximum, or is it six months for each of the six counts?
I was going to say “Theoretically each conviction of contempt of court (which is a bullshit charge btw) can get you up to 3 months in prison, but Donziger has been under house arrest for 2 years and 2 months, so even if he was punished to the maximum extent of all 6 counts he should have been out with time served by now”,
looking it up, civil contempt of court in NYS can get you up to 6 months, but each sentence is served concurrently I guess. I still don’t know how the judge can just ignore time served.
