Never Forget The Jan. 6 Defendants

Christopher Roach points out that "There is now a very clear hierarchy for those caught up within the federal criminal justice system. Left-wing offenders are the least culpable, and they get prosecutors to argue for downward departures. Then come street criminals, who are sentenced within the guidelines. Then there are those on the right, who face novel charges and get the book thrown at them."

While high-powered law firms defended foreign terrorists in Guantanamo Bay free of charge, the Jan. 6 defendants receive no such legal assistance.

Julie Kelly asserts that "Fair trials are impossible for January 6 defendants since judges on the D.C. District Court have denied every chance of venue motion ... insisting that residents of a city that voted 93% for Joe Biden in 2020 can be fair and impartial."

Senator Rand Paul, as the co-sponsor of more than two dozen criminal justice reform bills, asserts "That the right to due process, enshrined in the Constitution, includes the right to a speedy trial by a jury of one's peers. Those denied bail or unable to afford it can often be incarcerated for months awaiting trial, during which time they often lose their jobs, face eviction, and have their lives spiral downward - all before ever being convicted of a crime."

Robert L. Livingston, a former congressman and criminal prosecutor asserts that Jan. 6 detainees must receive due process, which are "The rights bestowed on all citizens by our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, including the rights of a defendant to be told of the charges against them; the right to avoid excessive bail; the right to a speedy trial with the assistance of Counsel; and the right not to be deprived of liberty in unreasonable conditions without due process of law."

Livingston is shocked "By the ongoing stories of prospective defendants who have been arrested and deprived of their livelihoods; confined in solitary confinement with little or no reasonable access to the outside world, their families or adequate legal counsel; and denied formal charges levied against them without bail and in contravention to their right to a speedy trial."

Stop simply confining them without respect for their rights as American citizens. 

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/10/never_forget_the_jan_6_defendants.html