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VoldemortsHorcrux t1_j26nex8 wrote

Reply to comment by Chippopotanuse in Man Arrested in Miami for Role in January 6 Insurrection at U.S. Capitol by -Ima-Phat-Cookie-Ho-

4 or 5 years for those charges sounds ridiculously low. I know nothing about law, just saying my opinion. Should be in jail a lot longer than that

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RoyalCities t1_j26wsg1 wrote

People can get put away for 15 years for holding more than 25 grams of pot in Florida.

Apparently literally trying to destroy democracy is less of an offence than drug laws.

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Chippopotanuse t1_j26x23p wrote

You are 100% correct that it’s ridiculously low for the severity of the crime he committed. It should be 20+ years.

But based on what I’m seeing other Jan 6 seditionist get (and keep in mind this is all somewhat based off of federal sentencing guidelines and DOJ recommendations by the line prosecutors in these cases) my guess is he gets 4-7 years if he takes a plea deal and 5-8 if he goes to trial.

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Skellum t1_j27klvk wrote

> Minimum Sentancing

Honestly should be fully done away.

> Consequences for their actions

Even a single year in prison will absolutely fuck up your life and you for the rest of your life. So basically once they're in prison the revenge is pretty well there.

We really have to make an example of their leadership though if we want to see their behavior change. Not just the orange joke of a human but also Murdoch and his media empire.

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TheRavenSayeth t1_j28m0s0 wrote

Agreed. 7 years of your life gone with the world and everyone you love is going on with it. What he did was abhorrent but it seems like a fair sentence.

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Skellum t1_j29x247 wrote

It's such a problem with sentancing though. All it does is let us get our revenge need out but doesnt really solve the problem. Lets imagine the normal path for one of these people in prison, they go in, they probably join a white supremacist/skin head gang for protection, they pick up more shitty behaviors and criminal connections. They get out.. they then go to work with their support network which is now 100% white supremacists and skinheads as they no longer have anything.

What did we accomplish? We kicked the problem down the road for 10 years and made it worse. We never actually fixed it. We really need prison reform for everyone possibly with legislation that makes it illegal to discriminate against hiring former convicts or that you're not obligated to report it unless you're a sex offender.

Maybe job placement/training/relocation so that when you come out you're at parity-10% or so of when you went in depending on your circumstances. Not that prison should be a reward, but so that it actually does something useful.

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Acewrap t1_j29z348 wrote

Have a heart! It's not like he had weed on him

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