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From: Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
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Subject: [OT] Would-be Kavanaugh assassin pleads guilty
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 14:44:14 -0400
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I just read this report about the guy who planned to kill Supreme Court 
Justice Kavanaugh in 2022, who has pled guilty rather than going to trial.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/politics/brett-kavanaugh-attempted-assassination-plea/index.html

I was really surprised to find that he faces a sentence of 30 years to 
life, even though he never fired a shot and stopped the attempt of his 
own volition. By his own admission, he was desperate for psychiatric 
care at the time of the almost-crime.

If he had simply walked away - rather than calling 911 as his sister 
advised - no one would ever have known of the attempt (beyond himself 
and his sister) and he would have been living his life normally. 
(Hopefully, he would have dealt with the mental health issues as well!)

Putting him in prison for at least 30 years seems rather harsh to me. It 
would make more sense to put him in a (secure) psychiatric facility 
until the shrinks pronounced him cured wouldn't it? Or does the 
government feel it absolutely has to "send a message" that even abortive 
assassination attempts must be met with very harsh sentences?

-- 
Rhino