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If caught how many years in jail potentially can Trump’s rioters who killed a Capitol Hill police get?

Asked by mazingerz88 (28826points) January 7th, 2021 from iPhone

Excerpt from the NYT

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A United States Capitol Police officer died Thursday night from injuries sustained when he engaged with a pro-Trump mob that descended on the U.S. Capitol the day before.

Officer Brian D. Sicknick died at about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, the Capitol Police said in a statement. He had been with the agency since 2008.

Mr. Sicknick was responding to the riots on Wednesday and “was injured while physically engaging with protesters,” the agency’s statement said. He later collapsed after returning to his division office and was taken to the hospital.

“The entire U.S.C.P. department expresses its deepest sympathies to Officer Sicknick’s family and friends on their loss, and mourns the loss of a friend and colleague,” the statement said. News outlets had prematurely reported on his death earlier in the day while he was apparently still on life support.

Homicide investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department are involved in the case.

Mr. Sicknick’s death brings the death toll from Wednesday’s mayhem to five. One of the people participating in the pro-Trump rampage was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer inside the building. Three other people died after experiencing medical emergencies, officials said.

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SavoirFaire's avatar

The United States Capitol Police is a federal agency, which means the federal statutes on murder and the protection of officers and employees of the United States apply. We don’t know what the killer will actually be charged with, of course; but the highest charge that they could potentially face under these statutes is murder in the first degree [18 USC § 1114(1)], and the penalty for first degree murder is either death or life in prison [18 USC § 1111(b)].

JLoon's avatar

SavoirFaire is correct. But if prosecution includes anti-terrorist statues (which seems likely) aggravating factors would be added.

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