AdvertisementThe Supreme Court decision could have ramifications for more than 200 defendants in cases related to the Capitol riot and will likely reify right-wing and MAGA narratives about the alleged insurrectionists being “political prisoners.”According to an NBC tally, out of 1,400 Capitol riot defendants, the obstruction statute at the center of the Supreme Court case was used against 247 people. The first light of justice is finally breaking through the bonds of darkness and evil in D.C.”Barnett is serving a 54-month prison sentence for his role in the Capitol riot. Of the eight counts in his conviction, one was the obstruction charge shot down by the Supreme Court. “Today the Supreme Court rightly reprimanded the government for their tyranny.”“It’s official,” Tim Hale, another Jan. 6 rioter convicted on the obstruction charge, tweeted. “I’m amazed, absolutely amazed,” Witthoeft, who has held regular vigils outside a Washington prison holding multiple Jan. 6 defendants, told HuffPost.

Source: Huffington Post June 29, 2024 13:15 UTC