Appeals Court Strikes Down Jan 6 Sentence In Ruling That Could Affect Hundreds Of Cases
James Little of North Carolina was sentenced to both prison and probation in connection with a misdemeanor parading offense. Little, who walked around in the Capitol Building on January 6 but did not engage in any violence, was sentenced to 60 days in prison followed by a whopping three years of probation.
On Friday, however, the D.C. appeals court ruled 2-1 that that probation and imprisonment “may not be imposed as a single sentence” for a petty offense, adding “there are separate options on the menu,” the Associated Press reported. Judge Robert Wilkins, an Obama appointee, was the lone dissenting vote.
The decision could invalidate sentences handed down to dozens of January 6 defendants and undermine U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves’ overzealous prosecutions. Graves is still hunting down January 6 attendees more than two-and-a-half years after the protest that briefly devolved into a minor riot after opting not to investigate or prosecute far-left extremists who set fire to much of Washington D.C. and attacked the White House in 2020.
Cops told them to leave and they left
Is this why the J6 Committee DESTROYED all the evidence? – Charlie Kirk Show on Rumble pic.twitter.com/Fp49nzceRC
— Denn Dunham (@DennD68) August 11, 2023
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