Kim Taylor of Woodbury county given eight-month custodial sentence for helping Jeremy Taylor fraudulently win election

Kim Taylor of Woodbury county given eight-month custodial sentence for helping Jeremy Taylor fraudulently win election

An Iowa woman found guilty on 52 counts of voter fraud, carried out in support of her Republican husband, was given an eight-month custodial sentence.

Kim Taylor, of Woodbury county, will serve four months in prison and four in home confinement, KTIV, a Sioux City TV station, reported. Subject to two years’ supervised release, Taylor will also pay $5,200.

Each count carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison – or 260 years in all.

During sentencing on Monday, Leonard Strand, the judge, said a vastly lighter punishment was correct because of factors including Taylor’s caretaking role for her children and good community standing.

Taylor’s husband, Jeremy Taylor, ran for Congress in 2020, losing a Republican primary. He was then elected to the Woodbury county board of supervisors. He resigned as board chair after his wife was convicted but remains a board member. He was not charged in the voter fraud case but has said he will not seek re-election.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      9 months ago

      If this is the same one that’s been all over the place for the last few days, she’s a Vietnamese immigrant.

      • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
        124·
        9 months ago

        She’s neither black nor Latina, and that appears to be the dividing line where sentencing is concerned particularly to those married to a white, probably wealthy, republican politician.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      13·
      9 months ago

      I think this punishment is closer to what it should be than the alternative. Instead of pushing for whites to get harder sentences, we should be pushing for everyone to get the white sentencing treatment.

      • BassTurd@lemmy.world
        71·
        9 months ago

        260 years is for sure overkill, imo, but 4 months is ridiculous. The intent was clear and the actions were intentional through and through. I think 5 years minimum should be required. Fuck her “community standing” and her corrupt AF husband can take care of the kids while she does hard time. I didn’t see, but are any of the charges felonies, or will this all show on her record as a simple misdemeanor, further not carrying much significance? What a joke.