January 6 Defendant Gets 48 Months for Nonviolent Offenses
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Written by Hudson Crozier
According to the Department of Justice: Tennessee man Matthew Bledsoe scaled a wall and entered the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, shouting inflammatory statements about lawmakers such as, “Where’s those pieces of s--- at?” After being convicted of nonviolent offenses, he has received a 4-year prison sentence and fines amounting to $4,000.
Disparity in the justice system: Earlier this year, a man who set fire to a building during the Black Lives Matter riots that killed a man inside was sentenced to just 10 years in federal prison. Though sentencing guidelines recommended at least 16 and a half years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that the defendant believed he was “engaging in the language of the unheard.” He was never charged with homicide.
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