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Associated Press , KTVB 6:35 AM. MDT August 17, 2016
... Corey Lequieu, 46, was sentenced Tuesday, the first person to be sent to prison in the federal conspiracy case.
U.S. District Court Judge Anna J. Brown also sentenced Lequieu to three years of supervised release after prison and an amount of restitution to be determined later.
In May, Lequieu was the first of 26 standoff defendants charged with conspiracy to plead guilty. He admitted to impeding federal employees through threats, intimidation or force from working at the refuge outside Burns, Oregon.
The conspiracy charge carries a prison sentence of up to six years. But federal prosecutors recommended less time as part of a plea agreement, at least partly because Lequieu was the first in the case to take responsibility ...
http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/regional/first-oregon-standoff-defendant-sent-to-prison/300641466
Mendocino
(7,492 posts)The only way to squash these movements is to let them know they face real time and other restrictions.
JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)They are a waste of money, time - but not space. Let him sit in that cell.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)malaise
(269,004 posts)Rec