#Judge Thompson

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SCOTUS’ Predictions Based on Lower Court Judges

One of the best ways to forecast future events is through past trends.  The U.S. Supreme Court hears the majority of its cases after a decision is rendered by one of the 13 federal courts of appeals.  Since there are 13 circuits and the Supreme Court takes somewhere between 60 and 70 cases each term the Court ends up taking multiple cases from most circuits each term. Last term the high numbers…

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I want my psychologist to analyse me based on this Venn diagram I made but im too much of a coward to ask that of her so I’m just gonna post it here and expect the worst

I need to stop thinking with my dingaling and start with my actual brain

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Luke Thompson backstage photo taken from Curtain Call by Matt Humphrey.

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my favourite insurance wives <3

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i do love Siobhan's jacket today🗣🇻🇪🇨🇴🇪🇨🇦🇲🇦🇩🇷🇴

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Caramelinda: battles are chaotic and deadly things. Lots can happen in a battle and there is always a potential that certain problems can solve themselves in the chaos and destruction of combat.

She's very strategic, and not necessarily wrong -- but hella morally ambiguous at best.

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"I can survive a few missed meals easy. You can't. You're human, for one thing, and you're damn small. Know we're tight on cash, but I did the owner a favor. We'll eat free. Get the hell up and come with me." Following the latest injured-Vash crisis, Wolfwood makes Meryl wind down and eat, and Meryl learns the surprising reason he caught on to her foregoing food to care for Vash and Milly.

content warnings: Assorted mentions of Meryl having a pattern of disordered eating and other unhealthy habits the others help her manage. Two brief mentions of sexual harassment.

Hello, friends! New, vaguely TriMax-canon compliant fic be upon ye. The bulk of this one is Stryfewood developing friendship/character study, with platonic Polygun flavoring (shorter Vash & Meryl and Meryl & Milly scenes and overall reflection on the nature of all their relationships). I have an agenda and it is "Meryl and Wolfwood grate like sandpaper but they also understand each other way better than either of them wants to think."

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we need to call sarah michelle gellar and give her another rocket launcher to get gerrard out of the 118. it worked great last time

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The dude raped girls and the courts let him leave the country because he had a prebooked vacation?

A convicted pedophile was allowed to take a week-long vacation to Greece while awaiting sentencing for a slew of horrific offenses against children and animals.

On October 19, Matthew Thompson, a 48 year old man from Barnsley, United Kingdom, pleaded guilty to ten charges at Bradford Crown Court. But despite the sickening nature of his crimes, Thompson was given the okay to take a vacation to Greece ahead of his sentencing hearing in November.

Thompson was convicted of abusing two young girls, both of whom were under the age of 13 at the time. Five of his ten charges referenced child rape, with Thompson admitting to four separate counts of assault by penetration, and one of sexual activity with a child. 

In addition to the assaults, Thompson was convicted on five charges related to creating child sexual exploitation material, and possessing extreme pornography depicting sexual activity with animals.

Despite pleading guilty, Thompson was allowed to embark on a week-long vacation to Greece prior to being sentenced. Barrister Gillian Batts had told the court on Wednesday that Thompson had a pre-booked trip to Kos that he wanted to go on, and that had already paid for it.

According to Yorkshire Live, Batts said that Thompson’s vacation would go from October 20 to the 27th. She stated that Thompson would register as a sex offender prior to his departure, and that after he returned to the United Kingdom he would “sign on” with the Barnsley police. 

Despite calling Thompson’s crimes “extremely serious,” Judge Gibson declined to revoke Thompson’s bail and take him into custody, noting that Thompson “[had] entered honest pleas.”

Gibson also assured Thompson that he would get “proper credit for [his] guilty pleas in due course” once being sentenced.

The court made it a condition of Thompson’s continued bail to report to Barnsley police on October 28, the day after he is is scheduled to arrive back from his vacation in Greece, to prove he had returned to the UK. 

Thompson’s sentencing hearing is set for November 18. 

By Yuliah Amla Yuliah is a junior researcher and journalist at Reduxx. She is a passionate advocate for women's rights and child safeguarding. Yuliah lives on the American east coast, and is an avid reader and book collector.

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Sweeney Todd 2014 - The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Finale)

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S2 E13 & 14: Surprise & Innocence

Some Assembly Required

Day 5 of 31 Days of Buffy

The Judge is extremely pristine because he cleanses the world of humanity.

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A judge has dismissed most, but not all, of the claims in an election-related lawsuit filed by former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake following a hearing Monday morning in Maricopa County Superior Court.

On Monday evening, Judge Peter A. Thompson dismissed 8 out of 10 claims in Lake’s lawsuit. The only two claims that weren’t dismissed were counts two and four, which dealt with the machine tabulator issues and the ballot chain of custody. Lake claims in the lawsuit that the tabulators “intentionally” malfunctioned on Election Day. Lake alleged a Maricopa County employee interfered with the machines violating the law. She now has to prove that someone tampered with the machines and the printer malfunctions caused a loss of votes for her. She also claimed there was misconduct regarding the chain of custody regarding the ballots, putting the entire election in doubt. A hearing is set for Tuesday at 8 a.m. The eight claims thrown out include current Secretary of State and Governor-elect Katie Hobbs’ office having Twitter posts taken down, incorrect certification and more.

Lake filed the lawsuit earlier this month against Hobbs, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Recorder Stephen Richer and Elections Director Scott Jarrett. The 70-page suit says evidence gathered from witnesses shows “hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots infected the election in Maricopa County” and that problems with equipment along with long lines disenfranchised Republican voters. The lawsuit calls for Lake to be declared the winner of the 2022 gubernatorial race, or at the very least, to vacate the results and hold a new election.

The Secretary of State’s Office responded to the initial filing of the lawsuit, calling it “baseless,” saying “Kari Lake needs attention like a fish needs water.” Last week, Hobbs and the others named in the lawsuit filed a motion to dismiss.

During the hearing, the attorney for Maricopa County said affidavits from voters show most voters did cast their ballot, but did have to wait in longer-than-normal lines. The attorney also stressed that there was no election misconduct, or facts to support it. On the other side, Lake’s attorney claims Maricopa County has not publicly said they intend to get to the bottom of Election Day problems.

Lake is not the only GOP candidate to file a lawsuit over their election loss in Arizona. Former Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem filed a lawsuit earlier this month to overturn the results of the election. Last Friday, a judge dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it can’t be filed again. Abe Hamadeh, a GOP candidate who ran for Arizona Attorney General, also filed a lawsuit following his defeat in a close race with Kris Mayes.

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QAnon’s Adrenochrome Quackery | Office for Science and Society - McGill University

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Rita Ora's career is fascinating