Originally posted by: tom
As usual Little Angry Man (LAM) is wrong. Numerous court rulings that the sentences were to harsh
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/capitol-rioter-who-lit-the-match-on-jan-6-gets-reduced-prison-sentence-after-scotus-shoots-down-widely-used-obstruction-charge/
Fri, March 1, 2024
A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that Jan. 6 defendants who obstructed Congress’ work had their sentences improperly lengthened by judges who determined that they had interfered with the “administration of justice.”
The DOJ used an "obstruction of justice" charge against some of the rioters, and when those rioters were convicted by juries of their peers, the judges sentenced them based on all the charges they were convicted of. When the conservative Supreme Court ruled that the obstruction statute was misapplied, the sentences were reduced accordingly—something that has happened probably thousands of times in the US.
Did the fact that Supreme Court is a conservative majority bias them in their ruling? I don't care, but when something like this goes against MAGA, oh my! Panites are twisted and lawfare is shouted from the highest rafters.