http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/03/02/appeals-court-rules-j6-defendants-improperly-sentenced-n2393518
The Left has decided the best way to preserve democracy is to engage in lawfare against its perceived enemies. Whether independent journalist Steve Baker, whose reporting damaged the January 6 narrative, or Catherine Herridge who was reporting on stories unfavorable to the Biden White House, or pro-life protesters, or right-wing protesters, or concerned parents or Army veterans, the message is clear: we will use the full weight of the justice system to destroy you.
This is no clearer than the treatment of many of the January 6 defendants, who -- so far -- have been sentenced to a collective 840 years in prison. Almost a millennium.
Yeah, especially since the January 6th protest was a great big ol' NOTHINGBURGER. This was no insurrection. PUHLEEEEEEEEASE! The only thing that actually happened ... other than Ashli Babbitt being murdered by a Capitol Police officer ... was a public affront against the elitist imperialism of Democrat Congress-critters. Ooooooooh ... Democrats just don't like it when the "little people" blow raspberries at them, don'tcha know!
Now, an appeals court has rule judges 'improperly' enhanced sentences of more than 100 of those defendants:
New York Post (@nypost) ~ Judges improperly enhanced sentences of more than 100 Jan 6 rioters, appeals court rules
http://trib.al/1K64iju
More from The New York Post:
Judges may have improperly applied federal sentencing guidelines to more than 100 people convicted of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol, a federal court ruled Friday.
A three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department’s argument that convicted rioters merited lengthier prison sentences for interfering in the “administration of justice” when they stormed the Capitol to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
“[T]he phrase ‘administration of justice’ does not encompass Congress’s role in the electoral certification process,” Judge Patricia Millett wrote in the court’s unanimous ruling.
“[T]ext, context, and commentary show that ‘administration of justice’ refers to judicial, quasi-judicial, and adjunct investigative proceedings, but does not extend to the unique congressional function of certifying electoral college votes,” she added.
Imagine that.
Croxxed Out (@FLCons) ~ Now, the judges who did this must face disciplinary judicial review.
So should the people at DOJ who pushed for the enhancements.
Jin𝕏 QQ 11:11 (@jinx748 ) ~ ... 3 years and how many deaths later?
Several January 6 defendants committed suicide over this. Others have been locked up or mired in these cases for years.
Thirteen O'Clock - Todd (@o_thirteen) ~ We get pissed off when we see this happen in de facto dictatorships. We should be mortified it is happening here.
Such is Biden's banana republic.
We are not nearly mad enough about this.
Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) ~ “Administration of justice” enhancements are typically reserved for defendants who disrupt judicial proceedings, such as a courtroom trial or grand jury investigation."
They intentionally misapplied the enhancements to keep people in prison longer.
ITShortConsul (@defnotISK) ~ Cruel and unusual. The term you are looking for is cruel and unusual.
Yes it is.
The Havana Syndrome (@sindromeHabana) ~ Who needs an 8th Amendment anyways?
The Left doesn't care about the Constitution at all, so why would they care about cruel and unusual punishment? To them, it's fine if the targets are those eeeevil conservatives.
You know, defending democracy and all that.
Yeah, "democracy" ... which to Democrats is nothing more than mob rule ... as long as the mob is controlled by them.
James Swan (@JamesSwan1754) ~ That it took more than 3 years to address this is unconscionable.
Yes it is.
Lord of the Zings (@ZenMaster333) ~ Liberals are commies ... truly.
They are. Full blown commies.
Mary Jane (@Sarcasm_DuJour) ~ "Improperly enhanced" my ass. This was gross abuse of power/judicial misconduct, at the very least.
It was 100% intentional, and they believed they'd get away with it.
SMHonk (@SMHonk1983) ~ Joe Biden going after Americans hard.
This is what 'healing the soul of the nation' looks like, apparently.
EmanuelPatrascu (@EmanuelPatrascu) ~ Our system is broken.
By design.
It's why the January 6 crowd gets hundreds of years in prison, but the BLM rioters walk free. It's all on purpose.
Undercover Brother, PhD, MD (@RealUCBfosho) ~ They use “enhanced” like it’s a “plus” or a net positive. Well, I guess it is for SOMEONE ... just not for justice. They tell on themselves rather often.
'Draconian' didn't test well in focus groups.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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