Judge goes beyond prosecutors' request with sentence for Jan. 6 couple

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A U.S. district judge on Wednesday issued a sentence against a couple who took part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that went beyond what prosecutors recommended, giving them jail time.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) had asked that Brandon Miller and his wife Stephanie Miller be sentenced to home confinement as part of a 36-month probationary period. The Ohio couple was charged with entering the Capitol, with Brandon Miller livestreaming their actions on Facebook.

As WUSA reported, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled, however, that their actions warranted time behind bars.

"They didn't just walk through a door. They climbed through a broken window ... they knew full well of the violence that had preceded their entry," Chutkan said. "The fact is that they were part of a mob ... that was intent on stopping the lawful transfer of power."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-goes-beyond-prosecutors-request-231246259.html

[Sherman A1]

1. While better

I don't think 20 days and 14 days in jail is going to have much of an impact on them. These folks are traitors and should in my opinion be treated as such. Anything less than 20 years is a joke.

[dem4decades]

2. Should have made this judge the Attorney General.

[blueinredohio]

3. Wow! Two and three weeks in jail!

That'll teach them.

[Joinfortmill]

4. Good.

[gab13by13]

5. Another of so many examples

where DOJ prosecutors are taking the insurrection lightly, prosecutors are continually chastised by judges for not seeking stiffer penalties.

[gratuitous]

6. Let's go, Brandon; and Stephanie? Go with the Matron

Not a heavy sentence, but maybe it will be enough to give them something to explain to prospective employers, lenders, and police for the rest of their lives.

[mountain grammy]

7. 20 days and 14 days

What bull.

[SMC22307]

13. Seriously, why even bother?

I *really* do not understand these sentences being handed down.

[iemanja]

8. So they got 14 and 20 days in jail.

[radius777]

9. Light sentences for white insurrectionists, while black defendants

for minor crimes typically get much longer sentences.

Crystal Mason, a black woman from Texas who mistakenly voted, was given a sentence of 5 years in prison.

https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/fighting-voter-suppression/crystal-mason-thought-she-had-right-vote-texas
He admitted to the court that his office had not warned Crystal that she couldn’t vote while on federal supervised release, according to the State of Texas. In fact, he testified that it was not a part of standard procedure to share that information. “That's just not something we do,” he told the courtroom.

Yet the state contended that despite never being told she couldn’t vote, Crystal should have known.

“I came back here and rehabilitated myself,” she said on the stand. “I went to school for over 11 months and graduated. From there the whole time I was working and going to school. I have my own business now. Why would I dare jeopardize losing a good job, saving my house, and leaving my kids again and missing my son from graduating from high school this year as well as going to college on a football scholarship? I wouldn’t dare do that, not to vote."

At trial, the prosecuting attorney asked the court to “send a message to illegal voters,” and to sentence Crystal to “a stern prison sentence.”

By the day’s end, the judge found Crystal guilty and sentenced her to five years in prison.

[iemanja]

11. Let's see how the three from the FL Villages are treated

What do you want to bet they get no jail time?

[Sucha NastyWoman]

10. Hope this embarrasses the prosecuters

And they get more serious about requesting sentences that fit the severity of the crimes.

[Historic NY]

12. Fuck around and find out, that's the message from the Judge and the court.

[Skittles]

14. "THE FACT IS"

THANK YOU