Yes I agree with @ASL_v2.0 ‘s summary. I think this will end in a guilty plea to a lesser offence of some sort.
Thank you for clearing up my questions.
Shame the sister in Uvalde was less successful, or perhaps didn’t even try, to dissuade her (presumably) crazy brother.
Did his sister call authorities? If she didn’t, but had good reason to believe her brother was about to shoot a supreme court judge, can she be prosecuted for failing to call the police and report her brother? (really asking)
Do not get me wrong, I am super glad she helped talk her brother down and it would be supremely lousy of the government to go after her. I am just curious if she had an obligation to notify police.
Probably not at the federal level; no idea about Maryland.
The common law offence was “misprision of felony”, which has been abolished in most common law jurisdictions. There is a statutory federal offence, but it appears to apply only to actual concealment of a completed felony, if I’m reading Wiki right.
A California resident who attempted to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his Maryland home was sentenced Friday to over eight years in prison by a federal judge, who imposed a punishment that is significantly more lenient than the Justice Department’s recommendation.
Sophie Roske, a transgender woman charged under her legal name, Nicholas Roske, had faced a maximum sentence of life in prison. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced her to eight years and one month behind bars followed by a lifetime of court supervision. Prosecutors had asked for a prison sentence of no less than 30 years, which was the low end of the range recommended by sentencing guidelines.
Do we know which prison she is going to?
No. The Bureau of Prison decides that–and it takes two to eight weeks.
Interestingly, she wasn’t tried. She pleaded guilty to attempted assassination with no plea deal.
… that’s on the record.