The Justice Department is appealing the length of prison sentences for four Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy in the U.S. Capitol attack, challenging punishments that were significantly shorter than what prosecutors had recommended, according to court filings on Monday.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio and three lieutenants to prison terms ranging from 15 to 22 years after a jury convicted them in May of plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.

Tarrio’s 22-year sentence is the longest so far among hundreds of criminal cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, but prosecutors had sought 33 years behind bars for the Miami man.

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    11 months ago

    Conscripting prisoners is a very Russian approach to criminal justice.

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      11 months ago

      Big difference is that Russian conscripts don’t want to go to war. These assholes do. Just wouldn’t be the one they wanted.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah but my opinion that is the same as the fascists opinion isn’t facist because I don’t wanna be called a fascist is a very American approach to posting on the internet.

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            11 months ago

            You literally suggested criminals should be forced fight a war they don’t agree with because you don’t agree with how they exercise their rights. Name something more fascist, I’ll wait.

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              11 months ago

              I suggested fascists intent on fighting a “patriotic fight for freedom” that are guilty of FUCKING INSURRECTION be given what they want by fighting a real patriotic fight against fascism in Ukraine.

              Ignore context more.

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                11 months ago

                Understand that saying fascism is ok when you take my context into account is the same as saying fascism is ok.