Yup. The authoritarians in our government want to use cases like these to send messages of intimidation. Racist judges impose unlawful consequences knowing full well that they are unlawful. The intention is to try and stop black people from voting. The worst part is that there is never any response from the Democrats. Biden could pardon all of these people, but he refuses to becuase for some reason the Democratic establishment thinks it's wrong to aggressively defend democracy. Meanwhile, the Republicans are pushing us towards straight authoritariansm....