A former leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump trying to overturn his election defeat.
Seems like, what I’ve found is that a terrorism adjustment can at most add 8 years to the sentence. So because he wasn’t even in the city at the time, he probably got something like a 16-year sentence for seditious conspiracy with the terrorism adjustment being 6 years, bringing the total to 22 years. It doesn’t seem like a slap on the wrist to me but he also wasn’t tried for terrorism directly.
I mean it’s America. I’m not holding my breath for actual reform. 22 years might naturally return him but realistically he’ll come out more extremist. Even if it was 5 years he’d come out more extremist because it’s America.
Seems like, what I’ve found is that a terrorism adjustment can at most add 8 years to the sentence. So because he wasn’t even in the city at the time, he probably got something like a 16-year sentence for seditious conspiracy with the terrorism adjustment being 6 years, bringing the total to 22 years. It doesn’t seem like a slap on the wrist to me but he also wasn’t tried for terrorism directly.
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I mean it’s America. I’m not holding my breath for actual reform. 22 years might naturally return him but realistically he’ll come out more extremist. Even if it was 5 years he’d come out more extremist because it’s America.