Ridiculous. He should have gotten more. Should have been a first degree assault.
Via Free Beacon:
The man who pleaded guilty to assaulting Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) in his front yard has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.
In one of last year’s strangest sagas, Paul’s neighbor Rene Boucher tackled the senator from behind as he finished mowing the lawn of his Bowling Green home on Nov. 3. The assault left Paul with six broken ribs, lung contusions, and ultimately two bouts of pneumonia. He described the recovery as a “living hell.”
Boucher pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress and got 30 days in prison on Friday, despite prosecutors seeking 21 months. The Associated Press reported Paul called the sentence “appropriate.”