Proud Boy Joe Biggs receives 17 years in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case
nbcnews.com
Joe Biggs, a Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy who the government says "served as an instigator and leader" during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison on Thursday.
It is among the longest sentences in Capitol riot cases. The record is the 18-year sentence given to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, also convicted of seditious conspiracy, after prosecutors sought 25 years in federal prison in his case.
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Susprised they've given him a harsh sentence
Harsh? Please. He tried to overthrow the government and he got less time than someone caught with a single joint in Mississippi
Pretty sure that's an exaggeration
I'll just leave this here then.
https://hightimes.com/news/mississippi-supreme-court-upholds-life-sentence-for-weed-possession/
https://www.nola.com/news/courts/a-life-sentence-for-20-of-weed-louisiana-stands-out-for-its-unequal-use-of/article_5f7931ca-5d17-11ec-bcd7-730a4fb99798.html
Again, they were not "just given harsh sentences because of having weed". Reoffending is the cause
So it's justified to throw someone away for the rest of their life because they smoked weed a few times but it's "harsh" to give someone 17 years for trying to overthrow the government?
Did they try to overthrow the government 5 times?
Ladies and gentlemen… I give you the party of ‘law and order’
Their laws and their Order.
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You're clearly the one that doesn't understand how laws work. Reoffending is obviously more penalized than the first case, simple as that
You're clearly a repeat offender of being a fucking moron. I vote we lock you up for multiple decades.
Sticking people in cages with violent offenders for smoking a plant is both barbaric and unethical. You attempting to weasel around that and justify this nonsense is exactly what I would expect from someone as fucking stupid as you. Again, AND I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH:
GET FUCKING WREKT YOU ABSOLUTE NOOB 🖕
Not knowing how laws work be like:
I understand how the law works. I just don't make pedantic arguments to justify governmental abuse over victimless crimes because I'm not a boot-licking goose-stepper like you.
If you knew how they work you wouldn't be crying about reoffending being more penalised
Ah, yes, because pointing out the generational injustices and ineffectiveness of the war on drugs absolutely makes me a whiny pussy.
Again, the fact you are willing to justify locking someone in prison over Cannabis use/possession at all shows what a backwards yokel you really are. Put whatever spin on it you like, you are still a moral degenerate no matter how you slice it.
The only thing degenerating here is your country's society
The government was seeking 33 years. This is a lenient sentence.