Autumn II
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Re: Judge will be accepting fan letters for sentencing !!
This is correct, whether or not Pastor "requested" letters. Any U.S. citizen has the "free-speech-RIGHT" to express an opinion, as long as it's non-threatening, and respectful. I'm not exactly understanding why anyone would "wait for some sort of official announcement?" You ALREADY have that right! Yes, there might be a lot of letters. (I'm sure there were a lot of letters about the "cat on fire" crime, as well.) I'm equally as sure that the courthouse has, or could find, cardboard boxes and a storage space. I'm also sure that Pastor would read at least some of them, as a representative sample.
This is a component of democracy in action, at its finest (use it or lose it, in general). I, for one, am writing a letter. It will be in the mail on Monday.
I don't think he requested letters be sent if that's the part that a lot of people are wondering about. However, it is common (in the US anyway) for people to write letters to a judge before a person is sentenced. It's not illegal or unprofessional. A few months ago our humane society asked us all to write letters to a judge before the sentencing of a guy who had lit a cat on fire. He would gladly read the letters, maybe not get to all of them before the sentencing but I'm sure he'd read as many as he could. It's your right to mail a letter, just be respectful in it.
This is correct, whether or not Pastor "requested" letters. Any U.S. citizen has the "free-speech-RIGHT" to express an opinion, as long as it's non-threatening, and respectful. I'm not exactly understanding why anyone would "wait for some sort of official announcement?" You ALREADY have that right! Yes, there might be a lot of letters. (I'm sure there were a lot of letters about the "cat on fire" crime, as well.) I'm equally as sure that the courthouse has, or could find, cardboard boxes and a storage space. I'm also sure that Pastor would read at least some of them, as a representative sample.
This is a component of democracy in action, at its finest (use it or lose it, in general). I, for one, am writing a letter. It will be in the mail on Monday.