THEN START THROWING THE BOOK AT THEM TO SCARE THEM INTO NOT DOING IT AGAIN YOU FUCKING MORON
That’s not really how it works unfortunately.
Federal sentencing guidelines are more an algebra equation the Judge plugs various values into rather than a decision they make. The bulk of those are based solely on set things like the limits for the specific charges and previous criminal history.
https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2023-guidelines-manual-annotated
The “book” needs to come from prosecutors being able to actually prove all their charges. Prosecutors don’t want to bring charges unless they know they can win, especially if evidence is shaky or not 100%, double jeopardy means a fast prosecution with limited or largely circumstantial evidence could let a criminal walk and never be tried again.
How about using their shitty opsec to find where they plan to attack and actually defend the property instead of letting the traitors walk right in.
Sooo… the judge is basically saying that Trump can sicc another white supremacist lynch mob on the US populace (because that’s what Jan 6th truly was) because the (so-called) “justice system” in the US will do absolutely nothing about a rich white supremacist siccing white supremacist lynch mobs on the US populace - apart from belatedly slapping the wrists of some of the lowest-level participants, of course.
So you sentence the terrorist to 5 years, most of which he’s already served…
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sabol, who repeatedly assaulted officers at the lower west tunnel during the Capitol attack, was one of a fraction of the Jan. 6 defendants who had been held pretrial, so he’s already served the majority of his sentence.
Sabol destroyed his laptop in a microwave oven, dropped his cellphone in a body of water and tried to board a flight to Zurich, Switzerland, prior to his arrest, prosecutors said.
In the court gallery for Sabol’s sentencing was Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbit, who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer as she jumped through a broken window leading into the House Speaker’s Lobby.
Instead, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Trump’s claims of total presidential immunity from criminal charges next month, and it is unclear if he will face trial before Election Day 2024.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson, at a prior Jan. 6 sentencing, said that the Republican Party was “actively shunning the few who think standing up for principle is more important than power and have stepped forward to educate the public and to speak the truth.”
He cited claims that criminals convicted in a court of law or ordered held until trial by federal judges because of their danger to the community or risk of flight were “hostages,” a term Trump and his supporters like Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., have used.
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