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Roger Parloff on the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Prosecutions

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The Judges Aren't Recommending Any Significant Jail Time, but They Are Using Discipline

Some people do get small jail time. There's been as much as six months, although was that was a special case. But usually it might be 90 days or 30 days. Then there's home confinement, and then there's pure probation. And some will give five years probation. Some will give two months probation. The b misdemeanors aren't governed by sentencing guide lines,. So there's a more discretion, and they seem to be using discretion. Most are not inn you know, sometimes they can be heard on their own... They all recorded what they were doing on their phones. Every one gets credit for quickly turning themselves into police. Although some of the judges have been a little

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