NEW YORK—Admitting that they had been working for several years without any discernible success, FBI agents confirmed Wednesday that a local left-wing political group was too disorganized to infiltrate. “We’ve had a few guys in there posing as members and trying to manipulate them into committing acts of violence we…
  • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Commission data show that the D.C. court’s sentences for Jan. 6 defendants who assaulted police is below the national average.

    Since Jan. 6 cases began, the average sentence imposed by D.C. federal judges in the Capitol attack under guidelines for serious assaults climbed to 46 months from 41 months but is still below the nationwide average of 51 months in 2022.

    As of last month

    Even directly assaulting cops got these fuckers below average sentences, let alone the literal act of trying to overthrow democracy.

    • gmtom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Not to defend these guys, but be careful when using statistical averages and drawing conclusions from them when you dont have the other contextual data.

      Like for example sentencing guidelines give leniency to first time offenders, so If the sample of Jan 6 traitors has more first time offenders than the nationwide average, then we would expect them to have a shorter average sentences. I cant read the article you posted so I dont know if this is considered at all.

      • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        9 months ago

        That’s a valid point and one I hadn’t considered. I’ll certainly keep that in mind for future, as I do like statistical data.

        Although I do find it reasonable in this instance to debunk the claim they received long prison sentences, as a handful of years is pretty short considering the severity of their attempted action.