Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson read aloud some of Russell Peterson’s posts about the riot before she sentencedThe judge told Peterson that his posts made it “extraordinarily difficult” for her to show him leniency.
As of Friday, more than 50 people have been sentenced for federal crimes related to the insurrection. In at least 28 of those cases, prosecutors factored a defendant’s social media posts into their requests for stricter sentences, according to an Associated Press review of court records. Rioters’ statements, in person or on social media, aren’t the only consideration for prosecutors or judges. Justice Department sentencing memos say defendants also should be judged by whether they engaged in any violence or damaged property, whether they destroyed evidence, how long they spent inside the Capitol, where they went inside the building and whether they have shown sincere remorse., but Judge Tanya Chutkan sentenced her to two weeks in jail for her participation in the riot.
Judge James Boasberg singled out that post as an “aggravating” factor weighing in favor of house arrest instead of a fully probationary sentence. Prosecutors asked for a one-month jail sentence for Vinson, but the judge sentenced the Kentucky nurse to five years of probation and ordered her to pay a $5,000 fine and perform 120 hours of community service., the judge found social media posts belied serious mental health issues that needed treatment rather than incarceration. Marquez recorded cellphone videos of himself with other rioters inside the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.
Influencing at its best.
What about the poser feds that were there. Are they in jail. 🤣😂🤣😂
This was NOT a riot. It was a planned attack, a coup, and an outright attempt to overthrow our nation as a democracy. Stop trying to make it sound like an act of spontaneous bedlam when both sitting lawmakers and U.S. citizens colluded with the president to make it happen.
Their not rioters, their domestic terrorists.
“I stormed the Capitol &all I got was this bloody t-shirt& 6 months in prison!”🤣
INSURGENTS, not rioters. Stop down-playing this.
I seem to recall you celebrating when similar riots happened in other countries, AP. In fact, you called them 'pro-democracy protesters'.
Well yeah. Proves intent. Some may have been swept up in the moment. Many planned it.
is shortsighted,.. blind and deaf all at the same time
How about fines to pay on damages?
They aren’t rioters, they’re domestic terrorists who tried to overthrow the US government because they lost an election. Lock 'em up!
Agreed any riot should be punished, but let’s get them all, every protest that turns to looting and violence? BLM ,Antifa, westboro Baptist church, and the list goes on
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