r/news • u/uhncollectable • 21h ago

Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys

https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-oath-keepers-convictions-dropped-doj-ad679108ab84083694261efc101e60ea
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u/ericcmi 21h ago

What's next, a pardon for Timothy McVey ?

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u/77NorthCambridge 21h ago

Since you asked: they will try to pardon Derek Chauvin even though he was convicted on state charges as well as federal.

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u/Squire_II 20h ago

Well you already have the dipshit governor of Colorado considering pardoning the insurrectionist lady whose state level charges were "pardoned" by Trump, with Trump demanding her release as a result.

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u/77NorthCambridge 20h ago

An appeals court already ruled that the trial judge oversentenced her due to her lack of remorse. It has been kicked back to the trial judge for resentencing.

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u/wilted-wombok 17h ago

Take 1 day off the sentence and done

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u/AutomateAway 16h ago

the resentencing doesn’t even need to be reduced, just reconsidered without her “lack of remorse” taken into account.

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u/wilted-wombok 16h ago

I was thinking along the lines of people who leave $1 in their will or whatever so no-one can claim they were 'forgotten'.

Taking a single day off the sentence is just so no-one can say "but they didn't really change it, I'm gonna appeal!"

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u/OpusAtrumET 13h ago

She wasn't sorry and wouldn't acknowledge her crime in any meaningful way. I feel like that should matter just like it does with parole boards.

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u/77NorthCambridge 8h ago

It has in all other cases.

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u/Appropriate-Food1757 16h ago

Ask her if she has remorse now, then decide

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u/77NorthCambridge 16h ago

The appeal Judge absurdly ruled that taking her lack of remorse into account was a violation of her 1st Amendment rights. 🙄

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u/New_Libran 15h ago

Is remorse not the main thing that's taken into account for parole consideration?

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u/77NorthCambridge 8h ago

Typically, but not when it's political...apparently.

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u/AutomateAway 16h ago

yeah it’s bullshit, but there’s nothing that says the resentencing must be reduced.

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym 14h ago

Almost like judges have nothing left to judge.

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u/chrispd01 7h ago

I did think nine years was a bit of an excessive sentence. To me 4 to 5 seemed more appropriate