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A 72-year-old Colorado woman who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, will avoid jail time after a judge sentenced her to a year of probation and a $103,000 fine Monday, the Colorado Sun reports. Rebecca Lavrenz, who took on the moniker “J6 Praying Grandma,” was convicted on four misdemeanor counts for entering the Capitol and disorderly conduct for participating in the insurrection, according to the Sun. Prosecutors initially pushed for Lavrenz to serve up to 10 months in prison for continuing to defend the insurrection, writing in a recent filing that “her unrepentant promotion of the rio…

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