Anyways, you are putting out hyperbole. She’s not facing 18 months. They are pressing some small charges against her and some other protestors, and the max prison time could be 18 months.
Still bullshit, but they’d have to make the charges stick first, which will require video evidence.
She’s not facing 18 months. They are pressing some small charges against her and some other protestors, and the max prison time could be 18 months.
Every news article I’ve ever read that contained the phrase ‘facing [x] months in prison’ chose the maximum possible sentence for x. That’s just what that phrase is meant to convey, that the law allows for a punishment as high as [x] months.
Oh, you again hahahah.
Anyways, you are putting out hyperbole. She’s not facing 18 months. They are pressing some small charges against her and some other protestors, and the max prison time could be 18 months.
Still bullshit, but they’d have to make the charges stick first, which will require video evidence.
Every news article I’ve ever read that contained the phrase ‘facing [x] months in prison’ chose the maximum possible sentence for x. That’s just what that phrase is meant to convey, that the law allows for a punishment as high as [x] months.
Example: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/congresswoman-8-months-pregnant-facing-120000922.html
I’m still almost certain that’s incorrect… I’m used to seeing “facing up to” to describe a maximum…
Yahoo again: Man faces up to 54 years to life in prison
It is a small .world out there.
There is video evidence but it is her being assaulted by the police officer with his bicycle. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fkrKgq9XI_0?t=0m20s
Thanks for the link! Evidence that she doesn’t deserve those charges.