capitol offense. there s surveillance footage and when you re talking about prosecuting a we checked. there was a recent survey that came out from pugh research center. and i am checking it right now. about half the american public believe the punishments for those involved in the january-6th insurrection haven t been severe enough. only 20% said the punishments are too severe. what does that indicate to you? you know, to paraphrase donald rumsfeld, you go into court with the laws you have and the sentencing rules you have and the charges people got for trespass, obstructing congress, and so on, those are the penalties they come with and if people want to change that, yes, then go to congress and make those more severe penalties. but it s not the justice department is being more lenient than they should be. that s just the penalties that come for those crimes. elliot williams, thank you very much. coming upon up, vice president kamala harris s office
talking about the traffickers, the people bringing this in mass quantities in the united states. this is an interesting thing. the president s rhetoric has not changed at all. what you heard in the speech is the same thing that we ve heard. what white house officials are saying is a bit more scaled back. they re talking about under existing law, targeting drug traffickers. under existing law, being a drug trafficker is not a capitol offense. you have to murder someone. so that s a little different than what the president is describing. what the administration wants to emphasis from law enforcement, their call for toughening sentencing and imposing mandatory minimums on quantities of fentanyl. that is the synthetic opioid that makes heroin so much more potent and really responsible for this huge spike in deaths.
good evening, sir. sean, your client is served with murder. why should he be allowed out? well, don, described in the state of south carolina as with most states, have a bond solution. a way that you can get a bond. one of the ways courts concern themselves with is if it s a capitol offense, what so ever, people are entitled to a bond. he s been accused of a bond. he fits under the statute that he has the right for a bond. and the bond hearing is tomorrow, correct? the bond hearing is tomorrow at 2:00, yes, sir. so you eve filed court documents saying that walter scott had alcohol and traces of cocaine in his system. given that he was shot in the back five times yes, sir. and he was running away. why does it matter to show that? . well, don, nobody is saying
he will be part of a investigation. you heard from members of the unit about what they think happen. he will have a chance to provide information on his own behalf and if there is it evidence of a crime here, his commander can convoen a court martial. he is not be tried on television or internet. but when someone deserts their unit in a time of war, that is a capitol offense under military code of justice. i am all for due process and everyone is presumed independent until proven get. but the military will investigate his conduct and if the allegations are proven to be true, he put his unit at great risk and they will not try him on gossip. there is a process in the military. but desertion in a time of war is a capitol offense and that s how serious theln4