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Ohio Prosecutor threatens more jailtime if people don't stop bashing the Ohioan government

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Posted by mmurray821 2005-08-01 10:52|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'd be real careful going out on a limb here. There are some far-right loons who like to file endless frivolous lawsuits and otherwise screw with the government, and what little I can gather on this case makes that a possibility.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-01 12:57|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-01 12:57|| Front Page Top

#2 OK, after deciding to take the risk and visit that site:

DuBois faces one count of extortion, two counts of intimidation, one count of retaliation, all third-degree felonies, and one count of possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.

His charges purportedly relate to a note he allegedly handed former School Superintendent Charles Burns after Burns testified against Baumgartner during a libel trial last year in which Burns had sued Baumgartner. DuBois maintains he can prove that Burns allegedly committed perjury.

Doesn't sound like he's being persecuted. Sounds to me like he did something stupid -- libel -- and did something even more stupid at the trial.

n fact, it is alleged that one âthreatening emailâ to Markus was sent in November, 2004, prior to him presiding over that same libel trial. Kasaris said that some of the charges against DuBois stemmed from an email that he allegedly sent to Markus before the libel trial began against Baumgartner. Kasaris labeled the email threatening and said that while it didnât threaten bodily harm, it threatened the judgeâs reputation and on the basis of that, he lodged a charge of extortion against DuBois.

Sending threatening messages to judges is also grade-A stupidity.

These folks sound like self-declared crusaders who don't have a clue how to handle themselves in polite society. It wouldn't be shocking for that type of person to have accidentally broken a law or stepped on their own tongues.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-01 13:17|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-01 13:17|| Front Page Top

#3 We also have had a problem here in Ohio with moonbats from the "common law" movement who file bogus judgment leins against public officials (and anyone else) who somehow get on their bad side.

Posted by Mike 2005-08-01 14:59|| 2005-08-01 14:59|| Front Page Top

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