One of three active-duty Marines who stormed the U.S. Capitol together has been sentenced to probation instead of prison time. U.S.

Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties

  • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m confused. Why did the judge use such a weird frame of reference for the sentence? How can you use casualties from one branch of the military, in a war over a century ago, for a case today? Seems entirely arbitrary and out of context.

    Like, we don’t sentence thieves in 2023 based on how many boxes of tea were destroyed during the Boston Tea Party.