On 13 Nov 2021, Mike Powell said the following...
Do you think that murderers (which I am not claiming that Ms. Ryan is) s be given longer (or shorter, based on your point of view) sentences base whether or not they show remorse for their crime?
Are people sentenced for the crime they committed, or do their inner tho about that crime play a part as well?
It sure seems like some judges will take a defendent showing remorse into account, but I think it might also be combined with their past record. Someone who shows remorse and has no prior history might get a lighter sentence than someone with a lengthy rapsheet, regardless of whether or not they show the same level of remorse. I am not certain that is wrong.
Yeah, I definitely agree that their past record should be a factor.
I wonder how long her rapsheet is? If she has been in trouble for
similar things before, it might not matter how much remorse she shows.
I'm not sure she has one. She's a realtor from Frisco, TX, and was part of a group that took a private jet to DC on 1/6. I am not 100% certain, but she appears to be a QAnon disciple.
Since we haven't had very many insurrections over the last few decades or so,
I would guess that this was her first one.
In past, judges also seem to take into account how likely someone is to commit the same crime again. That sort of goes along with the rapsheet but also the violence level of the crime. Someone who shows no remorse for a violent crime might be seen as a danger to society, for example, especially if it involves multiple counts.
True. I agree with the violence part, but it seems like extending their punishment due to a likelihood that they'll reoffend might be pre-punishing future potential crimes.
You didn't mention how her sentence length compares to that of others who were sentenced for the same crime during the same incident. If hers is significantly longer, and she doesn't have priors for similar behavior or ties to groups that have demonstrated similar behavior in other
instances, I might also be inclinded to agree with her.
She got 60 days, which seems to be at the lengthier end of the spectrum for
1/6 defendants so far.
She apparently went to Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally, and then returned to
her hotel. After seeing footage of the riot on Fox News, she left her hotel, saying "We're going to war and we're going to be breaking windows." There is recorded evidence of her saying this, so I'm guessing she posted it to social media.
Once at the Capitol, she went inside and was filmed encouraging the assault. She also posted a picture of herself next to a broken window with the
caption, "Window at The capital [sic]. And if the news doesn't stop lying
about us we're going to come after their studios next..."
After returning to Texas, she participated in a number of media interviews, telling NBC that she "felt like a martyr," and telling Fox News that she felt she'd done "something noble." She also posted multiple items to social media, including one in which she wrote, "I deserve a medal for what I did."
However, her most infamous post was to Twitter, in which she explained that
she was "definitely not going to jail. Sorry I have blonde hair white skin a great job a great future and I'm not going to jail."
She has since expressed remorse, but only after having been arrested.
Jeff.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.
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