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2023-09-02 15:02:18 UTC - HELPFUL
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Former Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs was not sentenced to 17 years solely for "trespassing and shaking a fence", but for, among other charges, "seditious conspiracy": https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/31/proud-boys-joseph-biggs-sentencing-jan6-seditious-conspiracy/ The average prison sentence for January 6th rioters, most of whom merely participated, is 60 days: https://time.com/6133336/jan-6-capitol-riot-arrests-sentences/
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