Are they having a change of heart? Do they realize the tide is turning against the draconian sentences for the ordinary people we now realize were not violently storming the Capitol, but (most) were instead curious and somewhat respectful. Is it the Supreme Court’s pending review of a key federal charge levied against Jan. 6 defendants?
Whatever it is, some early releases are occurring.
Federal judges have begun ordering the early release pending appeal of Jan. 6 defendants who challenged their sentences even though the Supreme Court is a week away from hearing arguments on whether a key charge brought against them is legally sound.
Federal judges have begun ordering the early release of Jan. 6 defendants who challenged their sentences. A Delaware man who will be let go one year into his three-year term. An Ohio man who became one of the first protesters to enter the Capitol will be set free six months into a 19-month term. And a man who entered the Senate chamber with a Trump flag as a cape was released after serving five months of a 14-month term.
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