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- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge before the sentence was handed down, calling him a ‘clown’ and a ‘fraud’
A man who stormed the US Capitol with fellow Proud Boys far-right extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after he berated and insulted the judge who punished him.
Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge James Boasberg before the sentence was handed down, calling him a “clown” and a “fraud” presiding over a “kangaroo court”.
The judge warned Bru that he could be kicked out of the courtroom if he continued to disrupt the proceedings.
“You can give me 100 years and I’d do it all over again,” said Bru, who was handcuffed and shackled.
“That’s the definition of no remorse in my book,” the judge said.
One less trump voter
One less American that can’t own a gun
Legally, think that will stop him?
While in this case it is probably for the best, losing voting rights because of convictions is terrible in general, and has been used to strip black people and other groups of their votes for unfairly enforced laws. This is not new, and continues to this day, for example the Florida legislature blatantly ignoring the will of the people to restore votes to felons.
I’m not sure, but can an American vote from prison?
Yes, you can legally vote from jail/prison, however many states, and local counties, will make this difficult. You lose voting rights for a felony (possibly just a subset). A misdemeanor does not impact your voting rights.
Without double checking, I’m guessing this guy was charged with a felony. Most of the January 6 charges were misdemeanors, not felonies. It really feels like your should lose your voting rights for at least 1 election cycle if you’re charged with some sort of election fraud or trying to over turn an election
https://www.sentencingproject.org/policy-brief/voting-in-jails/
Definitely a felony, you don’t get longer than a year in prison for a misdemeanor.
You don’t go to prison for a misdemeanor, you go to jail which is a vastly different environment than prison.
I thought those were synonyms !
They are distinct in that jail is short term and prison is long term.
alright thanks
Being in prison mean you’re striped of (most of) your rights. You’re no longer a contributing citizen. You’re literally being removed from society.
No and in most states, an American can’t vote after getting out of prison
Yes, they can, though it does vary by state. Most states allow ex-felons to vote after at least probation, there are eleven that do not.
https://felonvoting.procon.org/state-felon-voting-laws/
But in reality, it doesn’t really matter as much as we’d want it to thanks to fairly absurd sentencing laws and probationary periods, and a drive by red states to make protesting a felony.
Oh good, then it’s changed quite a bit in the past few years
Ah okay. I must have misunderstood. Thanks.