>A former state lawmaker from Nixa who once imagined herself as becoming a researcher like Marie Curie or Mother Teresa on Tuesday, Feb. 28, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for fraud, lying and distributing controlled substances without a valid prescription.

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It seems like a fair sentence. Especially considering she never said she was sorry but thought it was a good idea to bring up being bullied as a child.

The Judge went easy on her. 75 months when the sentencing guidelines bottom out at 87. It must be good to be an old white republican. He gave her a light sentence even though he found no contrition.

Zero remorse shown by her. Instead, she played the ol' feel bad for me card, as if she is the real victim here. She fit right in with her colleagues in the state government with that mentality.

75 months a light sentence? Drunk drivers who kill people get less than that. I'm sure her party affiliation made all the difference. Not.

Drunk Drivers fall under state law which has different sentencing guidelines, this was a federal case. Her guidelines as a first time offender was a minimum of 87 months to 105 max for the crimes she is guilty of. For fraud cases a large part of the guidelines comes from the amount stolen. The more you steal the longer time you are supposed to do.

A fair sentence would have been in the middle to lower part of the guidelines. This was a light sentence.

>It must be good to be an old white republican

It should be noted that the Republican party in the Missouri House attempted to push her out immediately after charges were levied. Credit where credit is due. She eventually resigned after she was convicted.

The sentence she received is only 12 months short of the minimum range you've previously mentioned. As a citizen I am fine with the punishment.

Actually, she was sentenced by an Obama appointed federal judge.

Which means absolutely nothing. Unless you think that a center-right president who would have fit right in with the republican party of Eisenhower somehow appoints only Judges who do not give out light sentences to white collar criminals who fit the specific pattern as shown here unless they really really super deserve to get of lightly?

I'm well aware that drunk drivers fall under state law and they have different sentencing guidelines. I was merely pointing out that this is not really a light sentence as you claim. And it really just wanted to get down. Voted a lot because that seems to be the norm for the Springfield subscribers.

Dude, give it up. You tried to imply she got a sweet deal because she was a GOP rep. You were wrong.

Not only that, he’s an African American Obama appointed judge. Like you can’t get anymore opposite than Tricia Derges than that…

She wanted to be like Mother Teresa, she was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore ,who is a true Mother Teresa. A glitch in the Matrix??

Nope, I pointed out that Old, White, Republicans tend to get light sentences. This is across the board regardless of who appoints the judge or if a jury is doing the sentencing. Thus it is nice to be one when you crime.

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I wouldn't live in Christian county if you paid me. Corrupt and crooked and JRA.

But I thought stem cells were evil to Republicans??

I think it is ok because there were no actual stem cells in the solution she administered. All she was doing was ripping off sick people with false hope.

Yeah I’m saying I’m not sure why a treatment purporting to contain stem cells would have been attractive to the large amount of people around her that claim that to be an important part of their political affiliation.

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I grew up on the Northside. Raised my family in Christian County.

My children have grown and escaped the area, so some pluses do exist.

My favorite part detailed the government funds she received while she and her party are vehemently against those things.

Government handouts for me, not for thee. That's one of their mottos.

The "power structure" in Christian County skews way too far in rewarding people in the clique vs actual merit. Then these clowns get delusional about their own abilities and righteousness.