Without going in to details not too long ago I was watching a friend who was sitting before a judge in court. Right behind him were two beefy U.S. marshals who were ready to take my friend to prison for years. It was a done deal and all the judge had to do was the sentencing because unfortunately my friend had some bad advice from his first (famous) lawyer and had please guilty to something after being told he would never go to jail.
The situation to me was an example of malicious prosecution but that part is a long story. Anyway, imagine federal prosecutors on one side of court chuckling because someone was going away for a while. The people who were there to advise the court on sentencing had said my friend should go to prison for 5 years where there. What those folks did not know is that I have another friend who is one of the best attorneys in the country. A friend who knew a governor who happened to appoint a judge to the bench on my attorney friends advise and darn if that judge was doing the sentencing in that court that day.
The feds spoke then my attorney friend spoke. He was brilliant but you could tell that the federal prosecutors didn’t care because the judge in the room usually sentenced by using standard guidelines. But the reality is that the judge can also go the other way and do a lighter sentence if he chooses to do so. But this judge never did until that day and my friend walked out of court free. The federal prosecutors were incensed. They were livid and red faced.
Sometimes things work out when you can beat the system from inside the system but in the case of the J6 people the system is totally stacked against them. It is sad and totally un-American.
“Sometimes things work out when you can beat the system from inside the system but in the case of the J6 people the system is totally stacked against them. It is sad and totally un-American.”
I’m all for beating the “system” in any way we can. It is not fair that the government can manipulate information, judge-shop for courts that are more favorable for them, and hide information from the defense. Meanwhile, WE are supposed to play by the rules.
Here is an interesting thread on the Jan 6 enhanced sentencing issue.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1763722931878625533.html
(”Shipwrecked” is representing Steve Baker, Blaze reporter.)