Judge sentences Jan. 6 rioter to 45 days in jail for misdemeanor to deter others: ‘The country is watching.’

“There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government, beyond sitting at home,” Chutkan said in rejecting the government’s proposed three months of home confinement. Mazzocco is the 10th misdemeanant to be sentenced, along with one felon, and the fourth to be sentenced to jail time. Last week, another judge imposed three months of home confinement on rioter Andrew R. Bennett when the government had only sought two months.