r/CapitolConsequences • u/CCMcC • Jan 23 '23

Jury finds Barnett guilty of eight insurrection charges CONVICTION

https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/jury-finds-barnett-guilty-of-eight-insurrection-charges/
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u/Admirable_Nothing Jan 23 '23

How does somebody get convicted on 8 counts, some of them felonies, and still get to walk free for the next 5 months until sentencing?

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u/leontes Jan 23 '23

The punishment is the sentence - you get to go free if the judge thinks you aren’t a danger of running or of further breaking of the law.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

I wouldn’t let a single one of them out of jail before sentencing. As far as I’m concerned they are all a flight risk.

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u/cperiod Jan 23 '23

Think of it as a little test to help the judge determine the length of the sentence.