Student Accepted To Top Law School With Full Ride Sentenced In January 6th Case – Above the Law

Justice
continues
to
be
meted
out
for
those
who
participated
in
the
January
6th
attack
on
the
U.S.
Capitol,
and
one
of
the
defendants
sentenced
just
last
week
was
a
recent
law
school
admittee.
For
someone
who
had
aspirations
to
enter
the
legal
profession,
this
isn’t
the
side
of
the
law
you
want
to
be
on.

As
first
reported
by

CBS
42,
would-be
lawyer
James
Grant
had
been
accepted
to
the
University
of
Alabama
School
of
Law
in
the
Fall
of
2021.
In
his

sentencing
memo,
Grant’s
lawyer,
Robert
Feitel,
states
that
his
client
was
accepted
to
the
Top
50
law
school
with
a
full
tuition
scholarship.
CBS
has
additional
details:

Grant,
31,
of
Cary,
North
Carolina,
climbed
into
the
Capitol
through
a
broken
window
and
entered
a
senator’s
office.
After
his
arrest,
he
told
investigators
that
the
FBI
was
“the
biggest
threat
to
Americans”
and
that
prosecuting
Jan.
6
rioters
was
“a
big
witch
hunt.”

One
of
the
first
to
breach
the
interior
of
the
Capitol,
according
to
his
own
sentencing
memo,
Grant
“wandered
through
the
halls,
entered
a
Senator’s
office,
where
he
was
photographed
sitting
calmly.”
Here’s
that
photo,
where
Grant
can
be
seen
giving
the
peace
sign:

As
related
in
his
sentencing
memo,
Grant’s
father
would
later
go
on
to
tell
a
probation
officer
that
his
son
had
“made
an
incredibly
stupid
decision
(regarding
his
conduct
in
the
instant
offense)
which
is
not
emblematic
of
his
character.”

Although
prosecutors
asked
that
Grant
be
sentenced
to
nine
years
behind
bars,
he
was
instead
sentenced
to
three
years
for
his
crimes.
His
attorney
said
it
was
“almost
incomprehensible”
that
such
a
lengthy
sentence
had
been
recommended
for
his
client.

Grant
has
been
behind
bars
since
January
2022
after
he
was
charged
with
driving
while
drunk
with
an
assault
rifle
in
his
car
and
will
get
credit
for
the
time
he
has
already
spent
locked
up.

“I
think
I’ve
been
sufficiently
punished,”
Grant
told
the
judge.

Grant’s
attorney
said
he
should
be
eligible
for
release
almost
immediately
after
getting
credit
for
time
served
and
good
behavior
in
jail.

Per
his
own
sentencing
memo,
“The
opportunity
to
attend
law
school
may
well
be
lost
to
James
forever.”
Will
Alabama
Law
be
willing
give
a
convicted
J6
defendant
a
second
chance?
We
suppose
we’ll
have
to
see.

Man
sentenced
to
prison
for
taking
part
in
Jan.
6
riot
had
been
accepted
to
Alabama
law
school
before
arrest
[CBS
42]

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