Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio is scheduled to be sentenced for orchestrating the far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio is set to be sentenced on Wednesday for a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election, capping one of the most significant prosecutions in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Prosecutors are seeking 33 years behind bars for Tarrio, who had already been arrested and ordered to leave Washington, D.C., by the time Proud Boys members joined thousands of Trump supporters in storming the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. But prosecutors say Tarrio organized and led the group’s assault from afar, inspiring followers with his charisma and penchant for propaganda.

Tarrio was a top target in one of the most important Capitol riot cases prosecuted by the Justice Department. He and three lieutenants were convicted in May of charges including seditious conspiracy — a rarely brought Civil War-era offense that the Justice Department levied against members of far-right groups who played a key role in the Jan. 6 attack.

  • @quindraco@lemm.ee
    17•10 months ago

    No, it doesn’t. Where are you getting your info?

    Possessing Pot by offense count, min-max sentence, min-max fine

    1. 0 days - 1 year, $0-1000
    2. 15 days - 2 years, $0-2500
    3. 90 days - 3 years, $0-5000

    (3 is actually 3+ but that does weird things to the list format.)

    Separately, Seditious Conspiracy has a max jail time of 20 years (I couldn’t find any cap on its fine), so this means Tarrio is being sentenced for both it and at least 1 other charge (which could be a second count of the same for all I know).

    • @meco03211@lemmy.world
      9•10 months ago

      Except pot is likely being charged at the state level and not federal. That’ll be different for every state and some could have egregious punishments. Not that that says you’re wrong or the other guy is right. Just some context.

      • @quindraco@lemm.ee
        4•10 months ago

        Among several reasons your statement is disingenuous is the incredibly significant point that many weed crimes are not possession. I replied to someone discussing possession with more discussion of possession. Many people are serving time for “weed” without serving time for possession, which you absolutely knew when you posted your comment.

        • @RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works
          3•10 months ago

          Fuck off with this bullshit. Aside from drugging someone without their consent, there are no “weed crimes” that justify imprisonment, let alone more time than many people get for actually kilking someone.

          The only other things you can do with weed are buying it, selling it, posessing it, and using it. Despite being illegal, none of those are actual crimes.