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by mothballed 265 days ago
I think there's a very large segment of criminals that express remorse at sentencing as pure theatre, the courts know but they give brownie points for humbling yourself before the court.

Honestly it's refreshing to hear the truth. I thought something similar at sentencing when Weev told the judge he hoped she'd give him the maximum so people would "storm the docks" and that he not only didn't regret it but wouldn't be so nice next time, which only made it all the more sweeter when the bitch's sentence got totally vacated.

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well, i disagree

weev over-estimated his popularity. he was a deeply unpleasant person, and he didn't have a movement or any fans of him in a personal way

in addition, his whole shtick was being as annoying and confrontational as possible. "weev belongs in jail but not like that" was the general sentiment i heard

so no, it wasn't "sweet". he could have rotted in jail and nobody would have cared other than the awful precedent that ruling would have set. and that'd be the most fitting end tbqh lol

> he not only didn't regret it but wouldn't be so nice next time

despite all of his hard chatting, he immediately fled the country after he was released. last i heard he's living in some eastern european shithole pretending he's huwhite and running the stormfront servers (im not joking). loser behavior

Well, he is a full on nazi so, no he was not nice.

> which only made it all the more sweeter when the bitch's sentence got totally vacated

Yeah, everyone who does not admire toxic nazi is a bitch.

Not a bitch for not admiring a Nazi, a bitch for sentencing someone to an alleged crime that didn't even happen in her jurisdiction and with no legal conviction. She should have known better, and the appeal was so strong and with so many problems with that case that my most likely conclusion is she was an insane tyrant who's goal is to override the rule of law by virtue of wearing a funny looking robe.