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TexasTowelie

(116,799 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:02 AM Jun 2018

Palin's son moves to court program after assaulting father

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Track Palin was formally accepted into a diversion court program Tuesday after assaulting his father, the former first gentleman of the state of Alaska, so severely it left him bleeding from the head.

Palin, the son of 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Todd Palin, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal trespass after breaking into the family home north of Anchorage last December. The change of plea will allow him to take part in Alaska’s Veterans Court, a therapeutic diversion program intended to rehabilitate veterans.

If he completes the program, he will serve 10 days in jail. But under the plea agreement, if he doesn’t complete the Veterans Court program, he will serve a year in jail. Palin, a 29-year-old Army veteran who served one year in Iraq, was initially charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor counts of assault and criminal mischief.

Palin, who was dogged by television cameras at a Monday Veterans Court appearance, did not appear in the Anchorage courtroom for Tuesday’s change of plea hearing, and instead was allowed to call in from Wasilla.

Read more: https://www.journaltribune.com/articles/world-national/palins-son-moves-to-court-program-after-assaulting-father/

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Palin's son moves to court program after assaulting father (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2018 OP
Very strange... Mike Nelson Jun 2018 #1
Nah, alls they need is a good enema. 3Hotdogs Jun 2018 #4
How is it this multiple offender isn't in prison? dawg day Jun 2018 #2
He probably has no dancing skills like his sister and does not lie well like his Mother. gordianot Jun 2018 #3

Mike Nelson

(10,285 posts)
1. Very strange...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:16 AM
Jun 2018

… family. They all need structure, moderation, and values - maybe they should find religion?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
2. How is it this multiple offender isn't in prison?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:22 AM
Jun 2018

There really are two justice systems. I think this must be his 5th offense.

gordianot

(15,515 posts)
3. He probably has no dancing skills like his sister and does not lie well like his Mother.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 04:07 AM
Jun 2018

Education is not an option and chances are he has no skills that translate into a living. Being a parasite from a family of parasites is a heavy burden and a dreary existence

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