{"id":19366,"date":"2021-07-19T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19366"},"modified":"2021-07-19T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:00:42","slug":"january-6-first-capitol-rioter-sentenced-to-prison-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/07\/19\/january-6-first-capitol-rioter-sentenced-to-prison-time\/","title":{"rendered":"January 6: First Capitol rioter sentenced to prison time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Florida man has become the first to be sentenced to prison for his part in the US Capitol riots on 6 January.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Paul Allard Hodgkins pleaded guilty in June to one felony count of entering the Capitol to obstruct Congress. He was jailed for eight months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors had asked for a term of 18 months, saying Hodgkins “contributed to the collective threat to democracy”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The sentence is expected to set a benchmark for hundreds of upcoming cases from the Capitol riots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hodgkins, 38, told a Washington DC court that taking part in the invasion of the Capitol had been a “foolish decision”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said he regretted “the damage that day’s incident caused and the way this country that I love has been hurt”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The crane operator from Tampa, was among an estimated 800 people who breached the Capitol on 6 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The FBI has so far arrested more than 535 people for criminal activity on the day of the siege.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Video footage shows Hodgkins inside the Senate chamber, wearing a Trump 2020 t-shirt, with a pair of goggles around his neck and a Trump flag slung over his shoulder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Court documents include a selfie taken by Hodgkins inside the Senate. One of the most prominent participants in the riots, the so-called QAnon Shaman, can be seen in the background.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors noted that Hodgkins did not personally engage in violence or destroy property.<\/p>\n

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A lawyer for Hodgkins had asked for judge for leniency, saying any sentence given “will pale in comparison” to the lifelong shame he will carry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hodgkins’ felony sentence follows one other Capitol riot sentence issued so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Anna Morgan-Lloyd, a 49-year-old woman from Indiana, received three years of probation and no jail time after pleading guilty in June to a disorderly conduct charge, a misdemeanour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Morgan-Lloyd, who was inside the Capitol for around 10 minutes and did not engage in violence, apologised for taking part.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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