Re: Things I won't tell a burglar

["HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert L Bass wrote:
>> According to these links, it looks like  both people were dealt with
>> by the feds, one was given 30 months, the other 57 months.
>>
>> http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128120&page=1
>>
>> http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39687
>
> IOW, there was never a charge of "domestic terrorism."  The kid was a
> common thief and he got a 2-1/2 year sentence.  That sounds about
> average, perhaps even a bit light considering there was arson
> involved.

Well, you're right in that juveniles are not "charged" with anything like an
adult would be. They get sent away for "supervision," not for the act that
caused the ruckus. The U.S. Attorney only had to make the case that a
federal interest was involved. He could do that with the terrorism angle, or
that the arson involved affected something that moved in interstate
commerce, or any number of other "hooks."