Jan. 6 defendants have received combined 847 years in prison

Judges overseeing cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot have handed down a combined 847 years’ worth of prison sentences to more than 450 defendants as of the end of 2023.

Sentences spanned from a few days to 22 years, according to court filings and Department of Justice data.

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Quentin Cantrell, a practicing attorney of more than two decades, received one of the lightest prison sentences at six days, which the judge allowed him to serve intermittently on weekends.

Cantrell had marched past barriers on Jan. 6 with his two cousins and lingered in restricted areas of the Capitol for about 20 minutes. The lawyer did not directly injure anyone or damage any property. He was found guilty of two misdemeanors, and his home state of Indiana suspended him from practicing law there.

By contrast, Enrique Tarrio, a former national chairman of the Proud Boys, holds the record for the longest prison sentence. He was not in Washington on Jan. 6, but he organized a group of more than 200 to breach the Capitol that day.

“Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader of that conspiracy,” the judge said at his sentencing hearing in September. “I don’t really think this is super debatable.”

Tarrio was convicted of a rare seditious conspiracy charge, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, destruction of government property, and other related charges, for which he received 22 years in prison.

The government has arrested 1,237 people in connection with the riot, according to the most recent update from the DOJ.

The United States attorney’s office in Washington and the FBI’s Washington field office have been leading the investigations and prosecutions, and they are continuing them “at an unprecedented speed and scale,” according to the DOJ.

“The Department of Justice’s resolve to hold accountable those who committed crimes on January 6, 2021, has not, and will not, wane,” department officials said.

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The most common charges have included entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds, obstructing an official proceeding, assaulting or impeding police officers, and destruction or theft of government property. A portion of those charged also were found in possession of deadly weapons.

The DOJ estimated that 140 police officers were assaulted on Jan. 6 and that Capitol damages exceeded $2.8 million.