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ShazzieB

(19,373 posts)
41. I don't think so.
Tue Mar 8, 2022, 04:19 PM
Mar 2022

I really don't. Remember, this guy is the first one of the rioters to go to trial. A lot of the ones who got slaps on the wrist probably had plea deals, where they pleaded guilty in exchange for a (relatively) lighter sentence.

Courts tend to like people who plead guilty and waive their right to a trial. Admitting wrongdoing and agreeing to face the music is looked on a lot more favorably than denying you did anything wrong in the face of mountains of evidence, as was the case here. If you read the NPR article linked in reply #24 (which I remmend, as it's very interesting), this dude flatly denied having a gun at the Capitol despite video showing him wearing a holster with a "shiny object" in it, AND he threatened to kill his son and daughter if they ratted him out (hence the obstruction of justice charges). And on and on. His defense was practically nonexistent and basically consisted of "I didn't do it!" (Again, this is all in the article.)

In addition to all of this, as the first Capitol insurectionist to go to trial, I think the judge is going to want to make an example of this dude, to send a clear message to others who, like him, are deluded enough to think going to trial is a good idea. Will he get the maximum sentence? I doubt it. But I think he'll get put away for a nice long time, the obstruction charges alone. Nobody else (so far) has been convicted of threatening to kill potential witnesses.

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Give the pos life, no parole! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #1
He threatened the lives of his own kids Wicked Blue Mar 2022 #5
Yup he did! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #16
He was convicted of obstruction for it. /nt localroger Mar 2022 #26
Ty! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #27
I hope the sentence is not three hail Marys and a "don't do it again, please." Chainfire Mar 2022 #6
Buzzfeed News has a more detailed article Wicked Blue Mar 2022 #13
Thx! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #17
Please be 20. Please be 20. Please be 20. Ray Bruns Mar 2022 #20
Good news! pandr32 Mar 2022 #2
"after less than 4 hours of deliberating" L. Coyote Mar 2022 #9
His wife is urging the others not to take plea deals rpannier Mar 2022 #43
Doesn't matter pandr32 Mar 2022 #48
I hope the judge socks it to him, baby. Chainfire Mar 2022 #3
Justice with lightning bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #4
Go to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. ificandream Mar 2022 #7
we need to get the one's in congress !! monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #37
Republican traitors deserve to be locked up Achilleaze Mar 2022 #8
Sucker, you just lost your right to vote no_hypocrisy Mar 2022 #10
LOL!!! ificandream Mar 2022 #18
And the right to own any guns! COL Mustard Mar 2022 #19
He's going to wish he'd taken a deal. Transporting gunz to insurrection ain't cool. Hoyt Mar 2022 #11
Good and I hope he gets sentence he truly deserves! Scottie Mom Mar 2022 #12
I am sure there were handcuffs involved in this so there is no more excuse to deny it happened. Beastly Boy Mar 2022 #14
He's still a small fry. Lucky Luciano Mar 2022 #49
These "small fries" are the enablers and the enforcers of the "big fries", Beastly Boy Mar 2022 #50
Yup, We'll Said Beetwasher. Mar 2022 #51
If That Fuckin Guy gets in trouble I'll owe you a coke. Lucky Luciano Mar 2022 #52
Good. COL Mustard Mar 2022 #15
Great that these cases are in DC venue. JudyM Mar 2022 #21
LOL oswaldactedalone Mar 2022 #22
He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on the obstruction count alone. secondwind Mar 2022 #23
This asshole being convicted should be a warning to the other defendants/assholes/terroriist LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #24
Excellent. Now give him the max sentence. sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #25
I haven't followed this very closely - cab67 Mar 2022 #28
Great news. old guy Mar 2022 #29
Let me add something about sentencing Wicked Blue Mar 2022 #31
THAT would be nice. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #40
I'm encouraged this jury was able to come to a decision yonder Mar 2022 #30
I hope I am wrong but feel like he is going to get off lightly. flying_wahini Mar 2022 #32
I don't think so. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #41
Sums it up well, good analysis: L. Coyote Mar 2022 #33
TFG next? Emile Mar 2022 #34
is he the one that was going to shoot the kid's if the squealed on him ??? monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #39
Yes, that's what the obstruction charges were for. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #42
thank's , hard to keep up with all this shit ! monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #45
Well That's Something and I'm Cha Mar 2022 #35
Maximum sentence is 20 years. Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #36
Please, none of this "to be served concurrently" bullshit. LudwigPastorius Mar 2022 #38
Max sentence for all charges is . . . AverageOldGuy Mar 2022 #44
If the trend continues... The Grand Illuminist Mar 2022 #46
KnR Hekate Mar 2022 #47
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