Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2021 for breaching voting machine security. Like clockwork, leftists celebrate harsh punishments, but when violent criminals are released, where does their cry for justice go?

Peters will spend the next six weeks to six months in the Mesa County Detention Center before being taken to the Colorado Department of Corrections to serve his nine-year sentence. ordered Written by 21st Judicial District Judge Matthew Barrett. Peters could have (and should have) received probation for this offense, but at sentencing, Barrett said the option to maximize the fine was to make an example of her. spoke.

Colorado Judge Matthew Barrett, appointed by Democrats, just sentenced 69-year-old Republican Tina Peters to nine years in prison.

Tina has no criminal record and was found guilty of “attempting to influence a public servant in breach of duty”, which resulted in… pic.twitter.com/aZYnpCsnnP

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“In discussing why I have to make a certain sentence, she told me about her illness, her sense of loss, her struggles in life, but in reality she was here early this morning and told me about the occupation. “For people who may have seen some of the people down there, when you sit in that chair in front of Mr. Peters, there’s no comparison in terms of the kind of sympathy you have for Mr. Peters,” Barrett said. spoke.

Because she had a team of lawyers and help from all over the country, she argued that her “privilege” was incomparable to the suffering others may have faced.

“Typically speaking, the people sitting in that chair have had immense trauma in their lives and have struggled mightily with alcohol abuse, drug abuse, mental health challenges, loss of family members, etc. They come from broken homes. The cards they were dealt were never the cards you were dealt, Mr. Peters,” Barrett said.

“I am confident that you would do it all over again if you could. You will be the most defiant and behaving defendant this court has ever seen. You have no history of drug or alcohol abuse.” There’s no history. There’s no such thing as lifelong trauma, and it’s not even close to the mitigating circumstances that I would see from a lot of people in that chair. are blessed. You are as blessed as they are,” he continued.

Colorado Judge Matthew Barrett just sentenced Tina Peters to nine years in prison.

9 years.

Tina Peters, a 69-year-old woman with no criminal record, was found guilty of “attempting to influence a public official in breach of duty,” among other election-related charges. pic.twitter.com/r1uSSPshRP

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He downplays the recent death of her husband and even Death of Navy SEAL SonShe died in the line of duty, and people attacked her as if copying data from voting machines meant she had violated her oath to the country.

Barrett sentenced her to nine years in prison and called her a danger to the community and the country. Although she had not committed a violent crime, she admitted that “prison is the only place” for her.

According to the most recent crime data available, Colorado’s violent crime rate is experiencing historic increases and exceeds the national average. “Violent crime in Colorado has steadily increased over the past decade (2013-2022), increasing by 14% from 2020 to 2021,” said the Colorado Department of Criminal Justice. reported In May. “Colorado’s tax rate (401.5) exceeded the national tax rate (383.4) in 2018 and continues to increase, reaching the highest tax rate in 10 years (492.5) in 2022.”

Colorado:

❌ 3rd most dangerous state in America
❌ No. 1 in the United States for cocaine use
❌ 10 Worst States for Human Trafficking

It’s time for people to vote and pass legislation to make our state safer because politicians won’t. #copolitics

— Christy Burton Brown (@KBBColorado) October 4, 2024

However, this is of no concern to the court. The courts seem hell-bent on ignoring the grandmas who questioned the security of voting machines. Barrett threw the book at Peters for a non-violent crime, citing his “privilege” of not being an alcoholic or drug-addicted criminal.

Whether you agree with Peters’ actions or not, this is a false justice. Peters is 69 years old, a grandmother, widow, and Gold Star mother. She didn’t kill anyone. She didn’t invade people’s homes and take away their sense of safety. She did not sexually assault anyone. She was punished too harshly.