Post This To Facebook, Or Do 60 Days In Jail

This man was found guilty and convicted of domestic violence, and violated a restraining order. This guy obviously has issues or he wouldn’t (a) have been convicted (b) not visited with his son when he had the chance and (c) posted this hateful message on Facebook. These judges see thousands of cases, and it is pretty obvious to see the difference between a loving parent and a hateful one.

My ex-husband terrorized me and my kids, threatened to kill us and tried to, and we are very lucky to be alive. (Oh, and by the way, the first time I tried to get a restraining order, I was denied, so the myth about women getting them automatically is ridiculous. I had to wait until I had proof of his death threats before I got a temporary restraining order)! Even though my ex-husband was convicted and sent to prison for some serious domestic violence, I was amazed how he could con people into thinking that his threats were just a “joke” and that he was somehow the victim of the court system, just like the comments that I read in this post. Important tip: The bad guy with the sob story is not the victim. Amazing how gullible people are.

I applaud the judge for giving Mark Byron a “choice” to set the record straight, so the guy couldn’t continue to lie to his “friends” on Facebook. Judges deal in facts not crap. Hopefully those “friends” of his are a little wiser and won’t fall for his next sob story. And it sounds like some of them owe the real victim an apology.

Lucky to be alive.

If you take the time to look at Marks comments they do not mention his wife by name. There is no name or detail that would tie the information to his wife directly. It’s merely an opinion. So it has about as much weight as any Confucius quote. This Judge obviously allowed his personal opinion to cloud his judgement, especially considering that his wife was blocked from the content on his site. How she got a hold of the content seems to be questionable is the first place. The punishment certainly does not match the crime in this case on either side. I’m disappointed but unfortunately not shocked.

I would do the jail time…

I am So Glad to be Out of the USA. I have more freedoms in the Philippines than I ever experienced in the US…

This is laughable at best. People use their Facebook pages to vent all the time. If I were him i’d just deactivate my profile for a couple of months and flatly refuse to make the post. His wife does sound like a nasty and vindictive person, and it disturbs me to see men being treated unfairly in situations like this more and more often these days. It seems most countries legal systems assume that women are delicate flowers that cannot do any wrong.

NO! This is one more incident – destined to become a layer – of KAK God-Playing-on-Government-Payroll! Unfortunately these kinds of encroaching idiocies will stop when the last perpetrator is shoveled under.

Wasn’t it Voltaire who wrote to the effect, “… there will be peace on earth when we strangle the last king with the guts of the last priest!” ??? And long before the effects of Marx & Murdering Idiots had total control of the stage ………

General Bobby Farrell
That Damned Akurian

Most importantly, the sentence was given FIRST. The Facebook apology was an OPTION to the 60 days.

And yes many men get creamed in court; but ALSO many men ACT as if they’d been creamed, when, of their own choosing, they deny themselves the right to see their children just so they can blame their spouse/ex-spouse. I’ve seen this in action so many times, from both sides it’s not funny anymore.

Sometimes there is no balance in these court cases. But I’ve seen both genders use their children as weapons against each other and the real losers are their children …

If he loves his son, let him take his lumps – deserved or not – so he can prove his love is greater than his angst.

yes, the judge was right as the main purpose of the justice is to realise the guilty of his wrongful action & to correct him.This is a better way of correcting him to apologise to his wife on the same medium he used to harass her.In jail he would have done nothing to improve the present situation viz a viz his wife.

This is a tough one. It is true, though, that all a spouse/partner has to do, is say that the other abused them. It could just be verbally. Sometimes it is physical, too. Question – What provoked the incident? And, how serious/mild were the physical injuries? In these sorts of cases, somebody always loses, and it isn’t always the party that may be lying.
My opinion is that there is no good reason to apologize on Facebook for the incident, admitting guilt to the charges, especially when the case is being appealed. The spouse/partner could just as easily have posted something on her own Facebook account. Why not?
Whether it’s on Facebook or in person, people will always talk, and always put their 2 cents’ worth in. It doesn’t mean they think before inserting foot in mouth. Or, even if they’re right, their emotions many times unnecessarily run rampant.
Let’s face it, no matter what we say or do, there’s always going to be someone who won’t like you. That goes for the accuser and the accused as well.
My suggestion, get the divorce, get over what was done, and move on. The judge should’ve stayed clear of Facebook. What the man did shouldn’t have been unexpected, although it’s not the best thing. Women also can be the aggressor in domestic abuse cases. So it’s not just limited to men.

this judge is awesome nasty comments made about someone on their wall should have consequences especially if they are not true. The judge is absoulutly right to do this.

It sounds to me like a dictatorship if I ever saw one. Furthermore, Fathers have never had any rights what so ever. Why do you think so many vindictive women use the kids as weapons against the fathers.
Because the courts condone it. My prayers are with both parties. Stop letting Satan rule your life. That goes for the Government too. Amen

I would tell that judge to K M A and 2 go F H. hE WILL BE REMANDED BY THE APPEALS COURT AND i WOULD FILE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. HEY JUDEG, YOU A A FRIGGIN’ IDIOT AND YOU NEED TO GO STRAIGHT TO HELL. IM IN HOUSTON, PUT ME IN JAIL A.h.

Yeah, always assume the guy is in the wrong. Then Google “kristin ruggiero” to read about the lovely lady who set up her ex (a man serving his country in the Coast Guard) to convicted in April 2008 of criminal threatening, sending obscene material and violating a protective order based on her false allegations. Luckil(after he served 6 months), a Police Chief uncovered the evidence that she framed her ex-husband Jeff Ruggiero, having him jailed for threats she said came from him. Kristin had purchased a disposable cell phone and worked it so the threats appeared to come from Jeff. Now she is dead (died in prison on the day her first conviction was upheld), her cop boyfriend is going to prison for helping her, and he is still fighting to regain custody from her family. Family court must be reformed.

Absolutely rediculous!!. The government wants to controll every aspect of our lives. It is like forceing you to put a baby in a car seat. We did not have car seats like they have now when our baby was small. Don’t get me wrong, I think kids should be put in car seats. I just think the government shouldn’t have the right to force us to do things that don’t concern them.

The Judge is 100% right,even soft if you had asked.CAUSE THE PAIN WEAR THE SHAME! Wasn’t this adult cyber bullying.
Kev. (AUST )

The unelected unaccountable judiciary is our secret government. It constructs and administers laws that are created by lawyers in the interests of gaining revenue for the legal proffession it has nothing to do with the welfare of families because it is not constructed by family lobby groups hence the power exerted by this judge.

What gets me is that the judge and the wife think that his son wasn’t really taken from him because, after all, they do allow him two supervised visits per week.

Let me tell you from experience, two visits per week is not at all satisfying. Each visit only serves to remind you of what you’ve lost. Add to that the shame and embarrassment of your child thinking that you need to have someone watching you or else you will hurt him and I can see why the father may have passed on the privilege.

Advice to fathers: you’d better do whatever the mother of your children asks you to do. Wash the dishes. Pick up your dirty socks off of the floor. Put the cap back on the toothpaste…because any one of these offenses is all she needs. She can take your children away from you, and don’t believe she won’t.

This just another example of justice going too far in their interpretations of case law. And to me it seems to be another case of the judge trying to make a name for themselves. What that is saying is that you do not have any recourse to fight back concerning a case that has more than normal ramifications. It is getting to where nothing especially your first amendment rights are sacred.

Awesome!

He had an order against him – all he had to do was follow it. It’s not like the judge pulled a random “you must post on facebook“. He gave the option of cleaning up what he himself created. I’m sure if he had sent 100 emails or letters the judge would have told him to clean up via emails or letters.

It’s the same thing as people complaining about speeding fines. Don’t speed – don’t get fined. Don’t break an order that is against you – don’t get in any more trouble. Simple really.

This is a pretty easy out for someone who is obvious narrow minded and short tempered. Unfortunately, his actions was a common means of revenge against a divorcing spouse. All personal and no regard for the concerns of the children. If he were to post it, then he would at least be exposed to concerned, adult thinking (should he also read what is being said).

In my opinion, if he can’t act mature, and set a good example for his kids, then he’ll probably choose an ill-thought way to jail.

We all should take a close look at this situation. This is America and this guy should be able to say what he wants without being forced by a court offical to post HIS beliefs. I say if the magistrate wanted to get his opinion out he should have written an article and posted it to the web without forcing someone to write his opinion and affix their name to it. This is OUTRAGEOUS for a court offical to act like a ganster forcing someone to do such a thing, he should be fired!! Everyone knows the family courts are usually ugly it’s the job of the magistrate or judge to make them better not add to the sorrow of all parties involved.