Ein Gericht in Colorado hebt die neunjährige Haftstrafe der Wahlleugnerin Tina Peters wegen Manipulation von Wahlausrüstung auf
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/colorado-court-throws-election-denier-tina-peters-sentence-trump-rcna266421
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> The judges wrote that it was “apparent” the lower court imposed the sentence it did because Tina Peters continued to espouse election denying views.
So because the lower court noted that she wasn’t remorseful or apologetic at all about destroying the country’s election process during sentencing, it’s supposedly a First Amendment free speech violation
Fuck all the way off
It’d be fucking hilarious if resentence her to a longer term
Give her more time behind bars. She’ll do it again if given the opportunity.
How is it a free speech issue that you are unrepentant of your crime!? If you say „I like killing minorities and will continue to do so“ after being convicted of murder, how can that not be taken into account!?
You can’t yell fire in a crowded theatre but you can contribute to the downfall of democracy. Wild.
While true I’m seeing a lot of headlines that don’t mention the fact that the ruling upheld her conviction, they just said her continued election lies can’t be used to justify her sentence. They also threw out the argument that Trump could somehow pardon state crimes.
So… she’s not getting out of prison, it’s just the amount of time she spends there may change.
Reminder that all the „evidence“ in the ~60 court cases for „election fraud“ were from affidavits from the MAGA faithful who claimed that they „think“ they saw something.
Since there was no actual evidence Giuliani would make fraud claims *outside* of court but *inside* he would literally say that the case was not about fraud.
https://time.com/5914377/donald-trump-no-evidence-fraud/
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued a statement about the decision, saying Peter’s original sentence was fair and appropriate:
*“The original sentence that the court imposed on Tina Peters for illegally tampering with election equipment was fair and appropriate. The Court of Appeals raised concerns about the length of the sentence and asked a district court judge to reevaluate the sentence. Ms. Peters is in prison because of her own criminal conduct to prove false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 elections, and she has not shown any remorse for her actions.*
*“Whatever happens with her sentence, Tina Peters will always be a convicted felon who violated her duty as Mesa County clerk, put other lives at risk, and threatened our democracy. Nothing will remove that stain.*
*“Moreover, the court affirmed that the president’s pardon of Tina Peters is meaningless and won’t free her from prison. Presidential pardons do not extend to state crimes, and the president cannot wipe away Ms. Peters conviction with a stroke of a pen.“*
The courts are failing. The law is wrong. Time to stop following the rules.
Does America not have laws?
Lock her up for life. White woman tears get you everything in this country
It is important to note that this does not throw out Peters‘ criminal conviction, just says that they must come up with a different sentence that does not consider her motivations for committing the crimes she committed. She is still a convicted criminal, it is just not clear what her sentence will be.
We truly live in the time the prophets foretold saying that wrong would be considered right, and right would be considered wrong. Facts don’t matter. In fact, if they aren’t ‚approved‘ by the powers that be, facts are just noted as ‚fake news‘. Unbelievable.
How long before Trump says he is the reason she was released and she will play a role in the mid term elections.
They have been signaling for months that she was going to be released.
I watched her sentencing and she got that term because she kept pushing falsehoods and was not remorseful.
That’s quite the precedent the courts have set
ENFORCE THE CONSTITUION!!!
By letting this bitch off the hook the higher court violates Section III of the 14th amendment by aiding and abetting an insurrectionist – an enemy of the state. They should be removed from office immediately and the sentance reimposed by the governor.
But Democrats will prove to lack a spine once more.
So give her 20 years as punishment for the actions she took
Problem solved
She’s not an election denier. She knows who won the election, everyone knows, and she knew at the time.
She is an election saboteur, who tried to hack into election equipment to change the result and exposed voters‘ data.
Incredible and shocking miscarriage of justice. What have we become?
Don’t judges regularly cite a lack of remorse during sentencing? I don’t understand why that would be an issue here even if true.
>The judges wrote that it was “apparent” the lower court imposed the sentence it did because Peters continued to espouse election denying views.
I hope its one of those cases where it goes back and the lower courts agrees…and then gives her a longer sentence. Wishful thinking I know, but here we are.
Sweet so the lower court can sentence her to 3 years for each felony offence served sequentially with no parole. Plus 1 year for each misdemeanor.
Shameful. Should have doubled her sentence
Thank god.
I’m sick of people getting what they deserve.
Jared Polis cracks me up. He is a Democrat in Name Only. The only reason he is a democrat is because he is married to a man and the party he aligns with wouldn’t accept him for that.
He has spent his whole tenure trying to extend an olive branch to MAGA but they hate him not because he has genuinely fucked over the state in many ways (especially in healthcare), but because he is a „DeMonRaT“ and Gay. True republicans would actually love how this dude sides with corporate healthcare. He also bent over backwards to bring Palantir to Colorado.
He was my graduation speaker at CU Boulder and I boycotted it because of how he treated first responders during the pandemic (I as an EMT was placed in the same „Urgency“ as funeral home directors to receive the vaccine, below other healthcare workers despite me spending often hours at a time in the back of a poorly ventilated ambulance with a COVID patient coughing up lung butter). He also apparently used ChatGPT (openly, he stated it as such) to write that speech.
In the words of Fyodor Dostoevsky, *“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”* – Crime and Punishment
Get fucked Polis. Coward and traitor. History books won’t remember you well.
This is actually America’s big issue – the federalists, the republicans worked out to pack the appeals courts.
Every time you see a court decision you think is good – wait, it’s gonna be undone on appeal almost every time.
Like that recent one about social media is gonna get thrown out too.
Just to be clear they didn’t throw it out, they sent it to the lower court to be re-evaluated. She could still get the original sentence reinstated by the lower court.
It wasn’t tossed. She has to be re-sentenced. The title is misleading.
„Very well then. In light of the defendant’s offenses, we’ll sentence her to 10 years.“
Tina peters is a piece of shit
Fuck Tina Peters.
2 tier justice system. FUCK THE ELITES
So basically they’re saying the 9 years was calculated by the trial judge using her „free speech“ against her… and so they need to resentence her with a more appropriate amount of time?
Doesn’t every criminal get told: anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law?
Is that no longer valid in Colorado? Your statements will only be held against you, as long as they are not truly held beliefs?
Idiotic reasoning.
Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences. Tina Peters’ continued push of the _lie_ that the election was stolen showed the judge she was unrepentant and, if given the opportunity, would do it again. All of which can, and should, be taken into account for sentencing, and something he explicitly said during the sentencing.
Fascism is alive and well.
It’s basically „Our side is innocent, your side is guilty.“
Republicans have victim complexes despite the fact that they get away with every single crime