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To: gloryblaze

Scalise’s shooter was shot dead the same day so no sentence for him, except what God had for him.

Rand Paul’s attacker initially got 30 days but then the prosecution argues that was too lenient and got permission to seek more. They sought 21-24 months in prison. Just over 2 years max.

This guy almost killed a sitting Senator. Two years the max they were even asking for.

Yet you say that 40 years is the going rate for trying to kidnap a family member of a federal employee?

Does not add up. Which is exactly the point being made here. What you’re saying makes it seems like the feds are required to ask for a lot of years - 40 even - for what this guy did, as if to say that what the Pelosi “attacker” got is normal. It’s not, and I’d really like to see where you’re getting the documentation to claim that it is.


54 posted on 05/17/2024 1:59:58 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion
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... you say that 40 years is the going rate for trying to kidnap a family member of a federal employee?...

Where did I say that? That is what the prosecutor asked for; his own attorneys asked for 25 years, so some figure he got a break, I guess.

He was not charged with simply trying to kidnap; he was charged with kidnapping and burglary for breaking and entering the house and assault in front of the cops after ignoring their instructions to put down his weapon.

If I had my way, Paul's attacker would have gotten a stiffer sentence and DePape maybe a bit less, especially since his fate is doomed in his next go-round.

Utterly fair? Who is to say? We can always talk about OJ's sentence to realize that things aren't always equitable, but that doesn't mean we can just make stuff up out of whole cloth.

70 posted on 05/17/2024 4:07:12 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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