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Zunkel and a colleague, Judith P Miller, both former federal defense attorneys, said that the level of skepticism and care federal judges were bringing to the decision of whether Capitol defendants were truly dangerous enough to keep incarcerated was not at all the norm.
The problem, they said, was not that judges were making the wrong call in releasing Capitol defendants, but that judges were not making similar calls for the majority of people in the federal system.
âFor my Black and brown clients, it feels like they have to meet such an impossibly high threshold to be released,â Miller, a University of Chicago law professor, said. âThe kind of sensitivity the courts have shown to the capitol defendantsâ claims for relief â I wish some of that sensitivity would be shown more broadly.â
Handguns, crowbars, Tasers and tomahawk axes: Dozens of Capitol rioters wielded deadly or dangerous weapons, prosecutors say By Cassidy McDonald More than 400 charged in January 6 attack
While driving to Washington, D.C., on January 6, Cleveland Meredith sent a text that said, Hauling ass, 3.5 hours from target practice.
The day after the Capitol siege, prosecutors said, Meredith was arrested in D.C. with an assault-style rifle equipped with a telescopic sight, a Glock firearm with several high capacity magazines and over 2,500 rounds of ammunition including at least 320 armor-piercing rounds. He arrived too late to attend the rally, but the following day, authorities said he sent a text threatening to shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head.
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