Posted on 07/29/2024 4:56:01 PM PDT by paltz
A Jan. 6 defendant said he spent four months in solitary confinement in federal prison, harsh conditions that could have been avoided in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Justice Department overreached when it charged hundreds of the Capitol defendants with felony obstruction.
John Strand, who was released early from prison last week, said federal prison officials in Miami locked him in solitary confinement for four months of his term over accusations ranging from publicly revealing online how far he had to walk to reach a computer, to helping other Jan. 6 defendants in prison receive support from outside groups.
“It’s kind of like your entire existence is within a giant concrete shoe box,” Mr. Strand, 39, said of the cell where he served his sentence at the Miami Federal Correctional Institution. “It’s covered on all sides. There’s supposed to be a window, there’s usually some sliver of excuse for a window, but it’s not much of a window to the outside, so it’s almost windowless.”
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Following the SCOTUS ruling , Mr. Strand said, U.S. District Judge Christopher Reid Cooper claimed he would have sentenced him to one year in prison anyway, even without the felony conviction. Judge Cooper is an Obama appointee.
“[Judge Cooper] said, if the felony had not been there...he would have sentenced me to 12 months on a first-time nonviolent misdemeanor."
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Jao and Kommie are absolute EVIL.
Why didn’t Nanc lock up Ray Epps since he was the guy encouraging protesters with a bull horn to storm the Capitol Bldg and he had several helpers??????????
He should sue...for millions!
This prison has become Brandon’s version of the early days of Dauchau. Lock up political opponents and undesirable aka “deplorables”. Dachau became the model for concentration camps all across Axis Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.
The communists are brazen...
The American peasantry is craven...
This reads like a tale from 1933 Soviet Russia...
So are everyone that associates with them.
The judge should be found guilty of a non-violent misdemeanor and sentenced to a year of what this guy suffered.
J6 proved that our justice system has become entirely political.
At times it seems we are slipping into a purge, Soviet style.
Not just Jan 6 but also the Lawfare going on.
Did these “prisoners” get any visits from Hanoi Jane?
Soviet style? That ball is just around the corner and coming down fast!
God help us!
Hopefully, they all end up rich.
That would be great!
That ball dropped in Times Square in 2021.
One year for a first time nonviolent misdemeanor. That is so disgusting
Evil!
Agreed, but suing for tax dollars isn’t where this should hurt. The entire J6 committee should be vulnerable to financial pain… lots of pain.
These prison sadists get off inflicting torture on others. There is no penalty that can be given to amend what they are doing and have done. Governor Ron DeSantis should be exposed for what he is allowing to happen.
He needs to sue some JaySix Posse azz.
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