Originally Posted by bigswede
Don't you think it the least strange that the original judge in the case, when sentencing, clearly stated the law mandates a minimum of two years in prison (I believe it was), but that he could not let his conscience make such a harsh sentence.
Oh so wrong again. coffee The minimum sentence was five years because conservatives and Bill Clinton made it that way in the 90s called Minimum Sentencing.

The sentencing judge deemed the five year minimum too harsh and reduced the sentence. The feds came back and said: You can't do that judge, put the Hammonds back into prison.

That is when the Bundys stepped in...

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