Pro-Lifers Face 11 Years Of Prison Time For Blocking Access To An Abortion Clinic

Given the thread title change by the OP which makes this story a complete nothing burger as there were actual laws broken which subject the defendants to the potential sentencing initially complained about, can we just lock this thread while trying to recoup at least a few wasted brain cells. ?

 

Honest question here. Which laws specifically were broken that warrants talk of 11 years in prison? Many murderers do less time, so I am just asking... for a friend.

 

My understanding from reading this thread is that they violated the FACE ACT and 10.5 years is the maximum statutory penalty under that act.

Tne OP realized the initial thread title was incorrect and fixed it, as they did block access in violation of the act and were doing more than innocently praying and singing.

And they haven’t been sentenced yet so I don’t know that anyone thinks they deserve 10.5 years in jail, which seems overly harsh to me.

If that’s the ultimate sentence discussing whether it’s just is a fair conversation. But complaining they face that for simply praying and singing was erroneous and has been corrected, which makes this whole thread essentially moot.

 

I may be confusing cases here, but I believe one of the arguments the prosecution made was, “if they did something illegal, it wasn’t peaceful.”

By that logic, all you have to do is amend the Constitution, ban protests, and all protests suddenly become “violent.”

 

A bit?

It’s absurdly disproportionate to the offense.

 

As long as we are charging and convicting every protestor who blocks somebody's access to something, I'd understand a little easier, but we don't do that, do we?

 

It's also "okay" when they do it. Leftists are able to do anything they want nowadays in the name of "protesting". But some righties get up in somebody's business, lock 'em up!! How many times have we heard leftist activists tell their crowds "you gotta make them feel uncomfortable"? Arrest people for violating Covid curfew? You betcha. People inciting mob violence....meh...we'll pick and choose.

 

The FACE Act deals with 3 narrow circumstances, and I have no idea what its prosecutorial history is.

 

Now lets do what Gator515151 thinks:
shot & killed by cop at a traffic stop with NO TRIAL: shoulda followed the law
11 years after the luxury of a trial by 1's peers: call the whambulance

 

“Prosecutorial Discretion”

 

Reiterating what I said in a previous post, there is absolutely no way that any of the protestors will receive the maximum sentence of 11 years. Unless they were engaged in some type of violent activity which doesn't appear to be the case there is a very good chance that they will not be sentenced to any incarceration at all.

 

Thank you for asking this question. Just as blocking access to the entrance to an abortion clinic is illegal, so to is protesting outside the home of a Supreme Court Justice. Such protests have taken place since Roe v. Wade was overturned, but were not broken up, and no one person was arrested, charged, or prosecuted.

For more current examples, check the report on Biden's mishandling of classified information. His ghostwriter from his 2017 memoir admitted to deleting audio files after the investigation was announced. No charges. Two Mar-a-Lago employees were charged for moving boxes of classified info.

Two separate Americas.

 

You are overstating what the law says. The law you are talking about says “picketing and parading” Against a justice with intent to interfere in official duties…. It would violate 1st amendment rights to arrest a anyone peacefully protesting political positions.

The anti abortion group was arrested for blocking a door and denying women access to care…. Which is actually what they intended to do.

 

That's right. Right wing politicians believe you should just run them over with your car.