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Prairieland defendants sentenced today to prison terms ranging from 30-100 years

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Re: Prairieland defendants sentenced today to prison terms ranging from 30-100 years

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happa wrote: post #8
pm90 wrote: post #4

This is absolutely outrageous. A complete mockery of the criminal justice system and especially of Texas.

The other side said the same thing when the J6 rioters were sentenced. Likewise, these people will also get pardoned in a couple of years, so it's mostly symbolic.

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Re: Prairieland defendants sentenced today to prison terms ranging from 30-100 years

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Exoristos wrote: post #3

"Family members and supporters ... called the punishment cruel, callous and starkly disproportionate to the defendants’ actions." The defendants were convicted "on a variety of federal charges, including riot, material support for terrorists, attempted murder, possession and conspiracy to use explosives, and conspiracy to conceal documents." What is a proportionate sentence for convictions like these? In other words,…

Well one person got 30 years for "concealing documents" -- they moved a box of anarchist zines from their apartment to their car

Re: Prairieland defendants sentenced today to prison terms ranging from 30-100 years

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NDlurker wrote: post #9
Exoristos wrote: post #3

"Family members and supporters ... called the punishment cruel, callous and starkly disproportionate to the defendants’ actions." The defendants were convicted "on a variety of federal charges, including riot, material support for terrorists, attempted murder, possession and conspiracy to use explosives, and conspiracy to conceal documents." What is a proportionate sentence for convictions like these? In other words,…

There's a guy in my town who murdered a teenage girl then cut her up and threw her in a dumpster. He's got less time than these people.

I'm reading sentencing guidelines for material support of terrorism.[0] It looks like they normally max out at 15 years (20 if in support of certain orgs). I saw somewhere that a study of 261 cases found an average sentence of 13 years. So, ceteris peribus, these do seem extremely high.

0. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333

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