After six pro-life demonstrators were found guilty this week of conspiracy and violating a federal law against blocking abortion clinics, certain conservatives are convinced that the United States operates under a two-tiered justice system.
If these conservatives are patient, they’ll see this belief put to the test.
The pro-life activists, who were convicted of civil rights conspiracy as well as violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, are looking at a “maximum of 10 and a half years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fines of up to $260,000,” the Department of Justice announced this week. Though the FACE Act charge is a serious one, the possibility of 11 years is based largely on the conspiracy charge (the six pro-lifers crossed state lines and pre-planned their 2021 ” blockade ” of the Carafem Health Center Clinic in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee).
The verdict and the possibility of more than 10 years in prison, conservatives say, is a prime example of our two-tiered justice system, one where violent left-wingers go free while the Justice Department throws the book at peaceful conservatives.