Probably not lol. When serving consecutive sentences, the judge will state which sentence runs first.
Without knowing more about this sentencing order, it could be that he has to serve his 7 years and discharge that sentence and then begin his life sentence. No need for corpse storage for that.
Attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh is sentenced to life in prison, plus 7 years
Ryan Routh was convicted last September on five federal criminal counts
Ryan Routh was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus seven years following his 2024 assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in Florida.
The sentencing comes after Routh was convicted last September on five federal criminal counts, including attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer and multiple firearms offenses.
Prosecutors pushed for the 59-year-old to get a life sentence, while Routh’s attorney, Martin Roth, asked the judge for 20 years in prison on top of a seven-year, mandatory sentence for one of the gun convictions.
Routh's sentencing in Fort Pierce, Fla., had initially been scheduled for December, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon agreed to move the date back after Routh decided to use an attorney during the sentencing phase instead of representing himself as he did for most of the trial.
Prosecutors said Routh spent weeks plotting to kill Trump before aiming a rifle through shrubbery as the then-Republican presidential candidate played golf on Sept. 15, 2024, at his West Palm Beach, Fla., country club.
At Routh’s trial, a Secret Service agent helping protect Trump on the golf course testified that he spotted Routh before Trump came into view. Routh aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire, causing Routh to drop his weapon and run away without firing a shot.
Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch, Andre Tinoco and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Routh huh? Couldn't help but remember that Chris Kyle's (U.S. Army sniper) murderer was Eddie Ray Routh. This Ryan Routh guy was trying to snipe President Trump. Probably just a coincidence.
Unfortunately I don't know many specifics of this case. Frankly, I had completely forgotten about it. But I do have some thoughts:
Ryan Routh doesn't have a middle name. All high target assassinations (attempted or completed) include the middle name. As far as I can find, all such assassinations are done by the government itself, and the assassin is not what people are told about them. Maybe Mr. Routh's attempt was actually organic?
According to the report, he never took a shot at anyone. Sure, there's issues there; looking through the bushes with a rifle is certainly an issue, but he never took a shot or even tried. Life in prison+ without actually doing anything or actually harming anyone seems very Pre-Crime to me. There's a crime there for sure, but it's not "attempted assassination" (a variation of attempted murder). He might have changed his mind. We will never know. In any other context of "Murder of a person" we wouldn't be calling it "attempted murder" for being in the bushes with a rifle. We would be calling it "psychological issues."
Related to (2), this punishment clearly wouldn't be appropriate if the target was anyone else. Why is thinking of harming a public figure more important than any other human being? That is NOT "Equal justice under the law." If Justice isn't blind, it's not Justice.
Our entire penal system was designed by Rockefeller in 1926 as part of his scam of "Prohibition." (Both Constitutional Amendments about Prohibition were created by Rockefeller Jr. specifically to create our legal, police, and penal systems. How can you be the Ultimate Crime Lord unless you control law itself?). The penal system specifically was (in part) a money laundering scheme. Before our current system, if someone needed to be removed from society permanently, they would simply be removed, not cost the Tax Payer millions.
I'm sure there's more to this story, but the facts have issues that suggest things aren't what they appear to be.
Regarding #3, laws can be cut and dried but the circumstances differ and what seems fair for one case may not seem to provide justice for another, and sometimes the sentence takes this into consideration. I think it's called equity, making things fair. If President Trump were killed, it would affect the entire country and deprive us of the leader we wanted for president. The crime is much more grave in that way than taking out someone that has no dependents, for example.
I appreciate that the number of people affected by an event is relevant to it's effects. I argue that it should not for Justice.
While context of an event is essential to passing judgement, that context should only include IMMEDIATE context, not "any feeling from any person who was not directly involved in the event."
The word "Justice" requires "fairness." How someone, who isn't an involved person, feels about an event has NO RELEVANCE to the event itself.
For example, if you get together a posse and string up some farmer who killed their neighbor, the reasons for that killing are essential. But if most of the posse were composed of brothers, father, and cousins of the dead guy, it would almost certainly be a tragedy of "Justice." You CAN'T BE FAIR if you include other people's feelings. It is impossible. That is what "Justice" means. It applies to Presidents (hated or loved) as much as paupers.
Let me ask you this: If it was Joe Biden who was "assassinated," would you consider the feelings of the country as important for the penalty?
Assassinating any president would have profound effects beyond the death of someone unknown. Equity really is an issue but I'm sure it comes into play into lawsuits more than in law. I'm not educated in law, but if it were cut and dried, we wouldn't need judges so much, or juries. There are always opinions weighing in.
Do you know who never had a trial? Jonathan Oddi. Shot up Trump Hotel in Miami in 2018. Never had a trial and is still in custody. I've never heard of anyone being held that long without a trial.
1 life sentence + 7 years
the magic number 17
What is the purpose of adding more years after a life sentence. Life sentence should be it.
He could win on appeal the charge that carries the life sentence and still have to serve the remaining sentence of seven years.
But otherwise, the rotting corpse has to be kept in a prison cell for 7 years?
Probably not lol. When serving consecutive sentences, the judge will state which sentence runs first.
Without knowing more about this sentencing order, it could be that he has to serve his 7 years and discharge that sentence and then begin his life sentence. No need for corpse storage for that.
Really! Hearing that sentence, I imagined after he dies in prison that they keep the corpse in a cell for 7 more years.
It varies but "life" a lot of times is like, 25 years. Or 50.... Etc. Sometimes more.
The 7 years are a mandatory sentence for one of the weapons charges
😱
He needs to give up his accomplices and the people who put him up to it.
came here to say this. He needs to talk
My only regret is that we have to give him food, shelter and health care for life. He is not worth the tax dollars imo.
There is always a chance someone takes him out in prison. I'm sure he will be hated.
We can hope. Would serve us justice
Attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh is sentenced to life in prison, plus 7 years
Ryan Routh was convicted last September on five federal criminal counts
Ryan Routh was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus seven years following his 2024 assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in Florida.
The sentencing comes after Routh was convicted last September on five federal criminal counts, including attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer and multiple firearms offenses.
Prosecutors pushed for the 59-year-old to get a life sentence, while Routh’s attorney, Martin Roth, asked the judge for 20 years in prison on top of a seven-year, mandatory sentence for one of the gun convictions.
Routh's sentencing in Fort Pierce, Fla., had initially been scheduled for December, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon agreed to move the date back after Routh decided to use an attorney during the sentencing phase instead of representing himself as he did for most of the trial.
Prosecutors said Routh spent weeks plotting to kill Trump before aiming a rifle through shrubbery as the then-Republican presidential candidate played golf on Sept. 15, 2024, at his West Palm Beach, Fla., country club.
At Routh’s trial, a Secret Service agent helping protect Trump on the golf course testified that he spotted Routh before Trump came into view. Routh aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire, causing Routh to drop his weapon and run away without firing a shot.
Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch, Andre Tinoco and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/attempted-trump-assassin-ryan-routh-sentenced-life-prison-plus-7-years
wtf you try to shoot at the President and then rep yourself in court? Did bro have half his brain missing or something??
Routh huh? Couldn't help but remember that Chris Kyle's (U.S. Army sniper) murderer was Eddie Ray Routh. This Ryan Routh guy was trying to snipe President Trump. Probably just a coincidence.
Unfortunately I don't know many specifics of this case. Frankly, I had completely forgotten about it. But I do have some thoughts:
I'm sure there's more to this story, but the facts have issues that suggest things aren't what they appear to be.
Didn't he shoot at the secret service agent?
According to the report, yes. But the guy DIDN'T SHOOT BACK. He never fired a single shot at any time. Since when is being shot at a crime?
I'm not saying there's no crime there, but the SS shooting back is not part of any criminal activity.
Regarding #3, laws can be cut and dried but the circumstances differ and what seems fair for one case may not seem to provide justice for another, and sometimes the sentence takes this into consideration. I think it's called equity, making things fair. If President Trump were killed, it would affect the entire country and deprive us of the leader we wanted for president. The crime is much more grave in that way than taking out someone that has no dependents, for example.
I appreciate that the number of people affected by an event is relevant to it's effects. I argue that it should not for Justice.
While context of an event is essential to passing judgement, that context should only include IMMEDIATE context, not "any feeling from any person who was not directly involved in the event."
The word "Justice" requires "fairness." How someone, who isn't an involved person, feels about an event has NO RELEVANCE to the event itself.
For example, if you get together a posse and string up some farmer who killed their neighbor, the reasons for that killing are essential. But if most of the posse were composed of brothers, father, and cousins of the dead guy, it would almost certainly be a tragedy of "Justice." You CAN'T BE FAIR if you include other people's feelings. It is impossible. That is what "Justice" means. It applies to Presidents (hated or loved) as much as paupers.
Let me ask you this: If it was Joe Biden who was "assassinated," would you consider the feelings of the country as important for the penalty?
Assassinating any president would have profound effects beyond the death of someone unknown. Equity really is an issue but I'm sure it comes into play into lawsuits more than in law. I'm not educated in law, but if it were cut and dried, we wouldn't need judges so much, or juries. There are always opinions weighing in.
*Or until the next Democrat Prez Pardons him and gives him a medal.
Does anyone really believe a USSS agent would miss 4 to 6 times from five feet away?
"Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding!" We have a winner!
(Unless the SS agent was DEI 😉)
Yeah, no chance Trump and military would have DEI agents unless it's a controlled presentation of the attempts on his life
The boy is gonn stink serving that last 7 years! Kek
He probably thinks walz will pardon him in 3 years.
Do you know who never had a trial? Jonathan Oddi. Shot up Trump Hotel in Miami in 2018. Never had a trial and is still in custody. I've never heard of anyone being held that long without a trial.
No one else finds this super strange? Held for 7 years without a trial date,
"plus seven years." Trying to figure that one out. Does this mean, among other things, that he can keep voting after he is dead?
Mandatory minimum for gun crime, I’d guess.
What? No death penalty. Now go after those publicly threateni g trump.
Couldn't do +17, ay?
So he's out in seven.