I hope he has the money.

Dang--that's a long time.

If the guy doesn't give it up after a year--he never will. Or he doesn't have it.

14 years! What was the judge thinking?

"Oh! This year he'll spill the beans on where the money is"?

You know what--I hope he has the money too.

But from the way he is talking--he never had it.

Pretty outrageous. The guy wasn't even entitled to a jury trial to determine if he even had the money.

FTFA:
imprisonment would be legal only if it were likely that he would ultimately _____

really? so we can break any law now as soon as enough of us prove the penalty for not paying any fine or any other conviction won't change anything, won't make us conform? can i use this guy's release as precedent?

;-)

"LAW AND ORDER JUSTICE"...Is no Justice at all, This Judge like most of his brethren think that they themselves are above the Law. 14 Years of this persons life an the money seems to have been lost a long time ago. JUSTICE should demand that this Judge, if he is still alive, he should be removed, the man is an Idiot....

From the article:

"Here's a guy who thumbed his nose at a court order for 14 years," Momjian said of Chadwick. "There should be some kind of sanctions for doing that."

This is the funniest part of the story. The guy sits in a jail cell for 14 years, and this moron wants "some kind of sanctions".

Debtors Prison: Making a comeback.

depressing.

In the late 1980's a woman named Dr. Elizabeth Morgan was jailed for contempt in DC for about 2 years, for refusing to tell where her daughter was (nasty custody battle w/ sexual abuse claims). Congress passed a law limiting the amount of time a person could be held on contempt, to 1 year (in DC). Bush I signed the law, and Morgan was released.

I can't understand why Chadwick's case could not have used that law as precedent.

His punishment sounds punitive and excessive - actually cruel and unusual considering the circumstances. Someone really should investigate.

Well, if he sat on $14 million, then he effectively made $1million/year. Not a bad income. And free room & board too.

Just because he's out of jail doesn't mean he doesn't still owe the money.

I can't believe that some of youse is in a lather about this - the guy was a shyster not a human being.

If he really lost so much money in bad investments, you'd think he could muster up enough proof to establish his innocence.

If he never had the cash and was wrongfully convicted, he probably could get about 14 mil by suing the state for wrongful imprisonment.

Typical business of American Justice. Fuck Justice, get the money first. Do whatever you have to do to impoverish "business clients". Do it for your cronies.

Democracy is about making hard choices.

1 less lawyer on the streets.

versus

the needs of justice. tough call.

Now, when will they start throwing wall street and washington people in jail for the fraud and theft they perpetrated on the american public (and are still continuing)?

I have been in contempt of lawyers since

well since the divorce

blood sucking piece of shit.
and that's just the EX WIFE

Damn! Some people find doing The Right Thing trumps even freedom. Power to them! herm

For some macabre reason i find the notion of BL2 losing everything including the dog during a nasty divorce to be highly amusing.

I'll drink a martini to that ~ by golly!

Let us remember what was once said:

If you have 30 lawyers buried up to their necks in the sand on an incoming tide, you've made a good start...
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A man who had been caught embezzling millions from his employer went to a lawyer seeking defense. He didn't want to go to jail. But his lawyer told him, "Don't worry. You'll never have to go to jail with all that money." And the lawyer was right. When the man was sent to prison, he didn't have a dime.

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A young attorney who had taken over his father's practice rushed home elated one night.
"Dad, listen," he shouted, "I've finally settled that old McKinney suit."
"Settled it!" cried his astonished father. "Why, you idiot! We have been living off of that money for five years!
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Q: How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
A: Cut the rope.

Q: Do you know how to save a drowning lawyer?
A: Take your foot off his head.

Q: Do you know how to save a drowning lawyer?
A: No? Good!

Q: What's the difference between a lawyer and a bucket of pond scum?
A: The bucket.

Q: What is the definition of a shame (as in "that's a shame")?
A: When a busload of lawyers goes off a cliff.

Q: What is the definition of a "crying shame"?
A: There was an empty seat.

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Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

A0: Three; one to do it and two to sue him for malpractice.

A1: It only takes one lawyer to change your light bulb to his light bulb.

A2: You won't find a lawyer who can change a light bulb. Now, if you're looking for a lawyer to screw a light bulb...

Oh yeah! Score one for the awesome American justice system.

I bet the Iraqis can't wait to enjoy this sort of freedom!

...could mullahs fuck this one up worse?

He stole 2.5 million dollars. If he were in Iraq, they would have cut off his hand.

i hope he left it with bernie madoff while in.

This is what the Muslim TV teaches children about stealing: to chop of your hand.

"After teaching the children of the consequences of stealing in the children's TV program, you can see a clip of a TV program in which a Muslim cleric instructs viewers to teach their children to hate Jews and to become martyrs by Jihad."

OF course they should teach their children to kill innocent Palestinians and to steal all the money of anybody they possibly can like Piece-of-Shit Israelis do right,Zionist Fucking Cocksucker????

Hey antisemite. The link I posted showing what airs on Arab national TV, teaching children to blow themselves up in order to kill others, really got under your skin. I guess there's no way for you to deny what was on the video, so instead you call me names.

Calm down, antisemite, and post a link so that we can have a rational discussion.

Here's another link of a video showing extremists teaching their very young children how to blow themselves up in order to kill Jews.