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Gerry Sandusky?

All of them were over eighteen years old and there aren't any official complaints to the police about it. So I assume he'll walk. I doubt he'll be able to keep his job though.

I now am wondering why he confessed. Guilt?

I absolutely have no idea, no one knows! I just put the news on and there was my psychiatry professor confessing he had abused patients in the past.

Also Snake, don't forget most of us Euro countries are overall much less unforgiving (I didn't want to write "more forgiving"...) than in the US. In France you sometimes (but not often) can find rapists let out on parole after 3 years or so (but AFAIK most of them do 8+ years, it can go up to 20 for a single rape but almost nobody does that kind of time). Whereas I'm sure you can find a state or two in the US that gives you a nice lethal injection for that kind of shit. Correct me if I'm mistaken.

Milan: must feel super weird...

i dont think you will be executed in the US for rape. but you will do 7-10. from what ive seen norway prisons are pretty damn nice. i dont know much about laws in other countries. does France have a death penalty Bruce?

Edit: i think texas and alabama have the most strict laws in the country.

i skipped coffee this morning now i have a serious headache. had a gigantic 32 oz at lunch but if i miss having it before 9 am by lunchtime i get the "no coffee" headache.

i am addicted to coffee.

i am a addict.

im not quitting.

Okay, I stand corrected then. France abolished death penalty in 1981. The call was unpopular back then, but nowadays almost nobody here wants it back. The biggest sentence here is lifetime, and it's very, very rare. Less than 0.1% of our convicts. Our jails are crap though. Lots of suicides. Lots of religious fundamentalism too, mostly extreme Salafi rubbish.

I've had migraines since I was five years old if you can believe it. My mom had them and my dad's mother had them as well. I'm not sure if they're passed on through DNA but I definitely have them and that's what I blame them on. I have migraines that make me vomit, I do experience dizziness or vertigo, and of course the dark silent cold room is the only place I can rid myself of one. Within the past year I had one where I experienced a cold numbness down the left side of my face. I've seen multiple neurologists throughout my life for them. When I was a teenager a neuro prescribed a heart medication that really helped. I was headache free (almost) through my 20's but they returned in my 30's and have really become worse in my late 30's to the present.

I began waking up every day with HUGE migraines that were absolutely debilitating over the past two to three years. I did some research and I now take two herbs, one called Feverfew (3 times day) and another called Butterbur Extract (twice a day). I combine those two with a dose of Magnesium, B-2, and a high potency Vitamin D and I no longer wake up with migraines.

I've also had CAT scans and an MRI done after the face numbing event and the only thing they found was an arachnoid cyst in my brain which isn't causing the headaches. I recently saw a neurologist who wanted to put me on three different meds, all which have terrible side effects which also include possible heart attack. I threw away those prescriptions and found the herbs. I still have headaches.

Anxious yet stoked. The Reds are one game away from locking in the NLDS and they're cruising towards it right now with a great start from Bailey and the Giants having weak bats this series. Still tied, but damn I want 'em to take it.

thats awful man. i have a very high tolerance for pain but headaches and toothaches are just awful. i feel for you guys.

we have a life sentance and a life sentance without the possibility of parole. each state has slightly different laws and setencing. life in US is 20-25 years i think. so to get parole you would normally have to do 10-15 years fisrt. so depending on the state you could murder someone and get life and be out in 15 years. the death penalty states are a different story. off the top of my head its florida, alabama, and texas. im sure they have the death penalty. our prisons are different state to state. as broke as jersey is its prisons are ran half decent. its the gangs in prisons here that are the worst part. our maximum security prisons are really rough though. its normally 23 hours in the cell and 1 hour out of the cell. thats when people end up killing themselves here. they cant take being alone that long i guess. in new jersey after you get sentenced they send you to the county jail to await transport to a classification facility. the classification facility is max security. normally people are there a week. i was there for three. nothing to read. rats and cockroaches. just alone for 23 hours a day. you go out for a hour to shower and use the phone. after that you go to whatever prison they designate you to. prison sucks. in france is there different prisons? like a maximum security medium security minimum security?

what is Salafi?

this is kind of off topic but ive been looking into if ill be able to travel at all when im off parole and it looks like certain countries wont allow me to enter. ive heard different things from different people on this and different stuff on websites. it looks like canada, australia and a couple other countries are very strict about who they let in. apparantly i have to write either country months before going to get permission to enter or face being turned around at the airport. i dont know how true it is but i cant find anything solid on the subject. so i was wondering if france is the same way?

and if any of you guys from canada or australia know anything bout that please let me know.

My understanding about Australia is that it depends on the type of convinction, like, how serious it was, and how long ago, and such matters. Also, telling the truth is a big factor. If you apply for your Visa well in advance and you are very honest about your convinction, I think it is quite possible to be granted a Visa.

EDIT: I think the more serious the crime, though, the less likely you will be granted one. Don't know what your convinction was for, so it's hard to say...

this is good news. Australia is one of the first places i want to go. then Ireland or France. then Finland.

So thats why Stefan came back.

I've just been doing some googling, and it looks like Australia does not give a shit about drug related offences, unless it's big-scale trafficking. If it's more serious like assault or armed robbery, they might still let you in, apparently it depends on how long it's been since the crime, and if you can show a history of good behaviour since. If you have only one offence, apparently it's not too hard as long as you are very honest, like I said.

Murder is another story, but I'm pretty sure you didn't go away for murder!

nope no murder. it was just a distribution charge. nothing huge. so this is good. ive been kinda worried about this for awhile now. thanks thrash. you have set my mind at ease.

This is the official word from the Australian government immigration website:

Criminal convictions

In determining whether to grant a visa to an applicant, or to allow a passenger arriving at an air or seaport to enter, the immigration officer considers each case on its merits—there is no blanket policy of refusal or acceptance.

As part of this process, immigration officers take into account any adverse MAL record—the number of convictions recorded, the length of sentence served, the level of violence (if any) and when the offence was committed—and balances this against the person's reason for travelling to Australia.

Tough penalties apply to people giving false or misleading information in a visa application or passenger card. Their visas may be cancelled immediately, and they can be removed from Australia and excluded from Australia for a specified time.

So basically, you just have to apply for a Visa and try your luck. I think for distribution you have a really good chance, as there is no violence involved.

cool. i dont have any violence in my record. ill just be honest when the time comes and hope for the best.

No modern civilization nowadays has capital punishment. It's a sign of a barbaric state.