SCOTUS ruling will affect some cases involving Illinoisans charged in Jan. 6 riot
CHICAGO -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 majority Friday in favor of a former Pennsylvania police officer charged with obstructing an official proceeding in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.The ruling in the case Fischer v. U.S. narrowed the Justice Department's use of a federal obstruction statute leveled against scores of people who breached the building where Congress had convened to count state electoral votes.
'If I was his lawyer, I would say, 'Listen, Mr. Adams, we should go back to court and get that felony charge—the obstruction charge—thrown out, so you're not a convicted felon,' Miller said. 'So even though he is out, he should get some relief.
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