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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFeds say life in prison 'sufficient' for Whitmer kidnap plotter
(Detroit News) A life prison sentence for Adam Fox, a convicted ringleader of a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, is sufficient for trying to "light the fire of a second revolution," federal prosecutors said late Monday.
The maximum penalty could help deter terrorism and widespread, anti-government, militia extremism that has flared in the two years since Fox and a group plotted to kidnap Whitmer, angered by the governor's pandemic restrictions, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum.
The memo was filed one week before the 39-year-old Potterville resident is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Grand Rapids for heading a plot that represented the largest domestic terrorism case in a generation that has shed light on political extremism in Michigan. So far, seven people have been convicted on state or federal charges related to the plot while an eighth individual, FBI informant Stephen Robeson, was convicted of a federal gun crime.
Delaware truck driver Barry Croft, the other convicted ringleader, is set to be sentenced Dec. 28.
"When the aim of that kidnapping is to terrorize the people and affect the conduct of government, it is so pernicious that only the most serious sanction is sufficient," Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler wrote. "The sentence imposed by this court should reflect the incredibly dangerous threat posed by Adam Fox and Barry Crofts attempt to light the fire of a second revolution." ................(more)
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/05/whitmer-kidnap-plotter-adam-fox-life-sentence-sufficient-feds/69703476007/
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Feds say life in prison 'sufficient' for Whitmer kidnap plotter (Original Post)
marmar
Dec 2022
OP
When I envision MAGATs from now on, the image of the guy on the left will be in my brain.
Lonestarblue
Dec 2022
#4
NNadir
(33,582 posts)1. They should never get out.
EYESORE 9001
(26,026 posts)2. I recall reading an interview years ago
in which the subject stated that kidnapping is among the most stupid of crimes, and for that reason alone, I wouldnt expect this to deter other would-be kidnappers among their political ilk.
3Hotdogs
(12,462 posts)3. I disagree. Compassion and forgiveness are signposts of a Christian nation.
I say 60 years is enough of a sentence.
marmar
(77,114 posts)5. First of all, this isn't supposed to be a "Christian" nation.
Secondly, how many horrors have been committed in the name of Christianity?
tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)6. Why do I suspect 3hotdogs reply was meant to be sarcasm? EOM
Probatim
(2,550 posts)7. 60 + 39 99 years old when he's released.
I agree it's sarcasm.
3Hotdogs
(12,462 posts)14. It surprises me, how many peeps need the sarcasm emoticon.
Oh well.
Lonestarblue
(10,155 posts)4. When I envision MAGATs from now on, the image of the guy on the left will be in my brain.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,031 posts)8. And here is pictured some of the dimmer bulbs in the marquee.
Lock 'em up.
peppertree
(21,713 posts)9. The face of today's GOP, sadly
Justice matters.
(6,955 posts)10. Surprised there's no svastika tatoo on their foreheads... nt
hibbing
(10,113 posts)11. "angered by the governor's pandemic restrictions"
Well, not sure what the mask policy is in prison, but I think there are a bit more restrictions there than what the governor tried to do to save the lives of people in the state.
Peace
IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)12. Glad there's no mental illness excuse here
these terrorists deserve prison.
republianmushroom
(13,847 posts)13. LIKE