[pm90]

This is absolutely outrageous. A complete mockery of the criminal justice system and especially of Texas.

[jmye]

Hardly seems a mockery of Texas. This is pretty on brand for the kind of state and the kind of people that keep re-electing Paxton.

[happa]

The other side said the same thing when the J6 rioters were sentenced. Likewise, these people will also get pardoned in a couple of years, so it's mostly symbolic.