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President Biden said on Dec. 9 that our democracy ”can at times be fragile, but it also inherently resilient.” Not everyone, however, is so optimistic as the president. The events of Jan. 6 and their aftermath have sparked concern that our “fragile democracy” is in grave danger.
While most sentences have so far been relatively lenient, dozens of the most serious cases are still working through the system, including many that have not yet gone to trial
Capitol rioters' tears, remorse don't spare them from jail | 2022-01-02 13:15:04
Some of the longest sentences have gone to rioters charged with ‘assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon’
A Washington state man who pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on Monday received a sentence of almost four years in prison, one of the longest yet for January 6 defendant.