Admitted DUI Killer Tries to Change Guilty Plea

"Several friends and family members of Popov left dejected after the hearing. When asked how he was doing, Tagingstva said, "Bad, really bad. It's like half his life is over, like half his life is gone" because of the prison sentence to which he agreed last year."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?

Half of HIS life is over? Michael's WHOLE life is over! The life his children knew is over. What a selfish thing to say!!! Whoever said that should be slapped across the face and their mouth washed out with soap. What an ignorant waste of space.

Atheena

"When asked how he was doing, Tagingstva said,'Bad, really bad. It's like half his life is over, like half his life is gone'."

And what about Mr. Moore's life? It's entirely gone. Bravo to the judge for not granting the motion.

Atheena

I always find it interesting how 2 people can have the same thought at the same time, even down to the same quote from the story. Great minds must think alike, Just Me.

Just Me

Atheena wrote:

I always find it interesting how 2 people can have the same thought at the same time, even down to the same quote from the story. Great minds must think alike, Just Me.

LOL...I agree. I was soooo iritated when I read that! Poor baby, his life is half over. He's lucky thats all he got.

mike

San Francisco, CA

the hell with putting him in the U.S prioson system just deport him and his family back to Russia. multiple DUI charges and this is his 1st time going to prison. needs a translator what a waste.

Atheena

Just Me wrote:

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LOL...I agree. I was soooo iritated when I read that! Poor baby, his life is half over. He's lucky thats all he got.

And with time off for good behavior (if he IS good), he'll spend, what...9 or 10 years? By that time, Mr. Moore's children will have spent half THEIR lives without their dad. And who knows what their lives are like now....the dad had full custody, so I'm assuming there was some issue with their mom....but now the kids are back to living with her. I hope everything is okay for them. They're the true victims in this.

Atheena

mike wrote:

the hell with putting him in the U.S prioson system just deport him and his family back to Russia. multiple DUI charges and this is his 1st time going to prison. needs a translator what a waste.

I like the way you think.

Just Me

mike wrote:

the hell with putting him in the U.S prioson system just deport him and his family back to Russia. multiple DUI charges and this is his 1st time going to prison. needs a translator what a waste.

Can they do that once he is a citizen?

mike

San Francisco, CA

Just Me wrote:

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Can they do that once he is a citizen?

who cares send him back anyway

Looken

“Educate everyone.”

Since: Aug 07

3,552

Sacramento, California

ISP: Sacramento, CA

Just Me wrote:

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Can they do that once he is a citizen?

No. They can't. Once he gets citizenship thats it.

He must have gotten it at a young age, prior to his DUI's or they would have shipped his borscht eating butt back to Moscow.

Looken

“Educate everyone.”

Since: Aug 07

3,552

Sacramento, California

ISP: Sacramento, CA

And trying to break a plea agreement? NEVER happens.

Just ask Larry Craig.

<I'm tapping my toes while writing this.>

If judges started rescinding plea deals the judicial system would absolutely, no-doubt-about-it, grind to a screeching halt.

That was the long shot of all long shots.

Just Me

mike wrote:

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who cares send him back anyway

OKAY :)

Atheena

Looken wrote:

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No. They can't. Once he gets citizenship thats it.
He must have gotten it at a young age, prior to his DUI's or they would have shipped his borscht eating butt back to Moscow.

Are you sure? The story only says he's a repeat offender, it doesn't say how many times. If it was only once before, would they have deported him? It's not that I doubt you, it's just that I have so little faith in our "justice" system, especially when it comes to immigrants. Our government has gone out of its way to accomodate Russians (especially here in Sac), so I can't see them deporting one.

Lana

mike wrote:

the hell with putting him in the U.S prioson system just deport him and his family back to Russia. multiple DUI charges and this is his 1st time going to prison. needs a translator what a waste.

I agree that he needs to be sent home.

Atheena

Correction, I meant that, in the event he WASN'T a citizen, would they deport.

Lana

Looken wrote:

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He must have gotten it at a young age, prior to his DUI's or they would have shipped his borscht eating butt back to Moscow.

He's not a citizen and the crash was 18 months ago, so he was 25 or 26 when he killed the man. Also, he was a repeat drunk driver at that time. As far as I'm concerned, he shouldn't even be here.

Lana

Or alive, for that matter.

Just Me

Lana wrote:

Or alive, for that matter.

Did you know the victim

i watch crime

If he is not a citizen, when he has completed his prison time, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be at the gate to pick him up. They will transport him to a holding "pen" in Arizona and when they have enough Russians to fill a plane, they will be flown back to Russia, open the doors and they can all make a new life in their mother land. The same stands for all non-citizens convicted. The Arizona place is where they are held until there is enough of whoever,(i.e., India, Russia, where ever)to fill a plane then it's bon voyage. Not so with misdemeanor crimes, but this was a whopper, so back he'll go after his prison time. Hands down.

Atheena