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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 5253849, member: 15309"]Not to mention that the people on the outside who know where the coins are located are also criminals, and it is entirely possible that they have threatened his life as a way to keep him from talking.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, it doesn't matter. The judge can only continue the contempt penalty going as long as there is a reasonable change that the imprisonment will actually get the person to divulge the information. After 5 years in prison, if he hasn't talked, he isn't ever going to talk. The discretion by this judge is despicable. The contempt of court should have ended years ago, they should have voided the plea deal, and prosecuted the guy to the fullest extent of the law. Had they done all of that, it is likely that he would still have been a free man at this point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 5253849, member: 15309"]Not to mention that the people on the outside who know where the coins are located are also criminals, and it is entirely possible that they have threatened his life as a way to keep him from talking. At this point, it doesn't matter. The judge can only continue the contempt penalty going as long as there is a reasonable change that the imprisonment will actually get the person to divulge the information. After 5 years in prison, if he hasn't talked, he isn't ever going to talk. The discretion by this judge is despicable. The contempt of court should have ended years ago, they should have voided the plea deal, and prosecuted the guy to the fullest extent of the law. Had they done all of that, it is likely that he would still have been a free man at this point.[/QUOTE]
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