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Prairieland Defendants Sentenced Today to Prison Terms Ranging from 30-100 Years

22 pointsby panicyesterday at 11:54 PM2 commentsview on HN

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pm90today at 12:37 AM

This is absolutely outrageous. A complete mockery of the criminal justice system and especially of Texas.

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Exoristostoday at 12:36 AM

"Family members and supporters ... called the punishment cruel, callous and starkly disproportionate to the defendants’ actions." The defendants were convicted "on a variety of federal charges, including riot, material support for terrorists, attempted murder, possession and conspiracy to use explosives, and conspiracy to conceal documents."

What is a proportionate sentence for convictions like these? In other words, is there a norm when looking at similar convictions?

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NDlurkertoday at 12:32 AM

Concealing a document? Conspiracy to conceal a document? What? I need to Google that. Sounds un-constitutional af!

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