One of the Capitol insurrectionists from over a year ago lives 7 miles from me in Sullivan, Missouri. Her name is Emily Hernandez and I do not know her and have never met her. This is why I have never mentioned her until now. She was involved in a wrong way vehicular homicide.
My point is that bad things do happen. When I first reported this incident locally on Wednesday I was surprised to hear assumptions from others. The often repeated remark of how the looming prosecution from a year ago was on Emily's mind constantly and drove her to a point of bad judgement was the assumption of the day. What I got back from others is the invented classic tale to try and justify another's actions. I'm not buying any of that. It's bullshit. Bad things happen and part of the bad here is that Victoria Wilson is now dead.
They say Emily was drunk and that she should have known not to turn down an exit ramp and go onto the freeway. She should have known that because she has lived here most of her life. OK, so have I and it once happened to me. The difference is that I exited that wrong way stretch of road before anyone was hurt. Now Emily and the Wilson family will have to live with this mistake forever. It really has nothing to do with Capitol insurrection. None of us know what was in Emily's mind.
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Her mind was awash in alcohol, that's all.........
AnneWimsey
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Jan 7, 2022
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But if that traitorous pile of shit was in prison where she belongs, that wouldn't have happened...
ChestRockfield
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Jan 7, 2022
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Your comment seems to me like way-too-many on this website that sound to me like an "emotional echo chamber".
IIUC, so far individuals convicted/pled-guilty for their Jan 6 actions have been sentenced to jail time, not prison.
I don't intend to defend her Jan6 or driving behavior, but Ms Hernandez was granted bail/bond pending her case(s).
Do you think bail/bond unreasonable for Jan6 participants or in any/all cases in general ?
@FearlessFly I think you misunderstand the words 'jail' and 'prison'. Jail is where people go when they're caught, awaiting arraignment or trial. Prison is where they serve sentences.
Regardless, yes, I believe insurrectionists should all be denied bail and should all serve significant prison sentences. There should be no leniency for people who flirt with treason (even if not technically treason).
@JeffMurray jail/prison, "potato/potatoe" ?
[washingtonpost.com]
[thecrimereport.org]
[time.com]
Treason is the only actual crime expressly defined in the Constitution (you probably already knew that) :
@FearlessFly You're the one that tried to correct me about them getting sentenced to jail, not prison, like it mattered so much, so I don't know why you're trying to say the distinction is irrelevant now.
Re: treason
Your point? I already stated what they did wasn't technically treason, but it was treason-adjacent in my book. They were essentially trying to overthrow the government by negating the results of a democratic election. The only thing really missing from the equation was the foreign country enemy.
Insurrection to keep Trump, a documented stooge for a hostile foreign power, in office still seems like treason to me.
@racocn8 I agree with you, it does seem like treason to me too. It's about as close as you can get without it technically being treason. Which is why I said "flirting with" and "treason-adjacent". But the Fly over here isn't making any sense in his objections.
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