Concealing a document? Conspiracy to conceal a document? What? I need to Google that. Sounds un-constitutional af!
queenkjuul•1h ago
Moved a box of zines to their car
pseudo0•39m ago
In the context of trying to hide the evidence after a member of their anarchist collective shot a law enforcement officer in the neck...
tastyface•20m ago
Accessory to assault on a police officer? What luck! That happens to be exactly the crime our beloved president pardoned a bunch of people for recently.
Exoristos•1h ago
"Family members and supporters ... called the punishment cruel, callous and starkly disproportionate to the defendants’ actions." The defendants were convicted "on a variety of federal charges, including riot, material support for terrorists, attempted murder, possession and conspiracy to use explosives, and conspiracy to conceal documents."
What is a proportionate sentence for convictions like these? In other words, is there a norm when looking at similar convictions?
NDlurker•1h ago
There's a guy in my town who murdered a teenage girl then cut her up and threw her in a dumpster. He's got less time than these people.
Exoristos•56m ago
I'm reading sentencing guidelines for material support of terrorism.[0] It looks like they normally max out at 15 years (20 if in support of certain orgs). I saw somewhere that a study of 261 cases found an average sentence of 13 years. So, ceteris peribus, these do seem extremely high.
Well one person got 30 years for "concealing documents" -- they moved a box of anarchist zines from their apartment to their car
pm90•1h ago
This is absolutely outrageous. A complete mockery of the criminal justice system and especially of Texas.
happa•1h ago
The other side said the same thing when the J6 rioters were sentenced. Likewise, these people will also get pardoned in a couple of years, so it's mostly symbolic.
You agree with essentially a life sentence for moving pamphlets around? What a vomit-inducing thing to believe.
tiahura•1h ago
A jury of their peers found them to be antifa terrorists. And yes, hiding evidence from an official proceeding is a crime in every jx.
tastyface•1h ago
Sigh. We'll need to deMAGAfy a whole lot of people someday.
DivingForGold•1h ago
Note that Song was a firearms instructor and a United States Marine Corps Veteran .. I gather the State really wanted to send a message with the 100 year sentence handed down to him. But on another note, he did brandish a rifle and shoot a police officer, anyone could expect the worst for that. I guess they can appeal ?
delichon•1h ago
> Eight members of a North Texas Antifa terror cell received historic federal sentences on Tuesday, with prison terms ranging from 30 years to life in prison for their roles in the shooting ambush on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility.
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