3 Years for Dixie

[Herbert Spencer]

I'm curious how a competitor of Dixie gets to stand in judgement of her. Shouldn't he have recused himself?

Good point, Ben. It would be like the government suing Apple for fraud for making non-compatible PCs and having Bill Gates as the judge.

I believe the rule is that normally you can't appeal a plea bargain sentence. But I think you can attack the judgment as void, such as one entered through undisclosed judicial bias. Did the judge disclose he was an advisor and trustee of a competing business? Not likely. He probably sees himself as a philanthropist and mighty do-gooder. Will the socialists on the 9th Circuit see it any differently?