O'Neil Refuses to Put Horses in Detention

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

He can have all the hearings that he wants, but in the meantime he should be running out of the detention barn.

In the real world, if you get arrested for something, you are held in jail even before your hearing. Yes, you get a trial but if you do not post bail then you sit in jail while you are awaiting your trial. In some cases, where the public is at risk, there is no bail.

Poor comparison and not accurate, but that's neither here nor there. Regardless, that's not the way the current system works -- anywhere, I think. I am sure there is some infraction or crime so to speak that would not allow a hearing or an appeal, but even major positive tests have the appeal process.

Personally, I think there should be more integrity in the process. Positive test, appeal -- then there must be an appeal, hearing, whatever, within a certain period of time. That way there is no "banking" of days or deferral of any type. Besides uniform medication rules, there needs to be an overhaul of the process, penalties, etc.

Eric