A Washington federal appeals court rejected arguments from a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter who said he was unconstitutionally punished twice after he was given more prison time following his own successful appeal.
The three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found in an opinion Friday that the resentencing of James Little of North Carolina didn’t violate the US Constitution’s double jeopardy clause, which protects people from being penalized twice for the same offense.
Little, a North Carolina man who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot to block certification of the 2020 presidential election, had ...
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