Former Federal Prosecutor Lays Out Likely Path For Refuge Trial
by Ryan Haas OPB
March 14, 2016 4:45 p.m. | Updated: March 14, 2016 6:28 p.m.
... Estrada said federal prosecutors in Oregon, Nevada and Washington, D.C. are all likely coordinating with each other to avoid jurisdictional infighting that could otherwise slow the cases.
Additionally, he said the government’s attorneys will try to negotiate plea deals with refuge occupiers who played a less central role ...
“I think the likely scenario is, from the government’s perspective, they don’t want a 26-defendant trial. And they certainly don’t want multiple trials,” he said. “They don’t want to have to present this case multiple times” ...
... Bundy and a few other occupation leaders face mandatory minimum sentences for a charge of using or carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence ...
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