Nichols, a Donald Trump appointee, noted that Taranto had spent 22 months in pre-trial detention at the D.C. Jail and that the sentencing guidelines recommended he be sentenced to 27 months in prison at most, thus making a five-month sentence unnecessary.
So since he had been in detention for most of the normal sentence he didn’t have to finish out the rest of it? How does that make any sense?
It’s a part of standard sentencing guidelines, what’s normally referred to as “good behaviour” while in jail/prison can contribute to reduction of sentences. The problem here is what you see quite often though, in that the disposition of the judge plays an important role in determining whether or not it’s applied - specifically in this case, to someone found guilty of stalking and apparently intending to assassinate former POTUS Obama. The former sentencing for participating in the Jan. 6th riots should have compounded the sentence and prevented early release, but this is where the U.S. judiciary is at present unfortunately.
The former sentencing for participating in the Jan. 6th riots should have compounded the sentence and prevented early release
Probably actually helped him in this case if the Trump judge believes his previous time served from being a J6er was unjust.
If only they’d offer immigrants and people of color the same provisions…
You know. What freedom and democracy, totally normal people do /s
