Severe federal sentences for Proud Boys and other Jan 6 defendants generating notable commentary
The lengthy federal prison sentences recently given to Proud Boy leaders and others — eg, 22 years for Enrique Tarrio, 18 years for Ethan Nordean, 17 years for Joe Biggs — has generated a lot of intriguing commentary from a lot of intriguing sources. Here are some pieces reporting on notable comments and some pieces that are the notable comments:
From Florida Politics, “Ron DeSantis floats ‘pardons and commutations’ after Proud Boy sentenced to 22 years“
From The Messenger, “Proud Boys to Argue ‘Trial Tax’ Was Imposed on Them After Rejecting Plea Deals“
From the National Post, “J.D. Tuccille: The injustice of jailing Jan. 6 rioters for 20 years“
From the New York Times, “DeSantis and Ramaswamy Call Proud Boys’ Sentences ‘Excessive’ and ‘Wrong’“
From Northeastern Global News, “Leaders in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were sentenced to about 20 years in prison. Was that fair?“
From USA Today, “‘Trial tax’: Proud Boys members complain their long prison sentences punish them for demanding a trial“
From the Washington Post, “They confronted Proud Boys but don’t celebrate their prison sentences“
From WLRN, “Enrique Tarrio’s mother says her son was a ‘political pawn’“