Nearly all federal judges have given lighter sentences than prosecutors sought, invalidating a key right-wing talking point.
  • jj4211@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    So let’s imagine that standard were applied.

    You have over a thousand citizens executed within 3 months of the event.

    Do you think folks would have considered that a proportional response?

    Turns out that 19th century military justice during wartime isn’t a good model for most people’s concept of justice.