The stand-off in Oregon between the Federal government and Ammon Bundy and his fellow ranchers does not seem to be winding down. Bundy and his loosely connected organization came to Burns, Oregon about two weeks ago in support of Steven and Dwight Hammond, local ranchers who were accused of arson some years ago. The charges were filed because the Hammonds cleared some of their ranch by burning the underbrush and overgrowth, but the fire spread to surrounding Federal land. The Hammonds were able to extinguish the blaze without help, and in fact, both the Hammonds ranch and the Federal land are said to be more productive and healthier from the clearing, but the government seems intent on making a show of who is in charge.
The charge of arson, which in and of itself seems like a huge miscarriage of justice, in that it carries a mandatory sentence of 5 years in prison. A judge who tried the case thought so too and said that it would be improper and unfair to send them to prison for 5 years each, so he sentenced the Hammonds to less than a year in jail, which they completed some time ago. However, a judge or government agency seeking to show ranchers everywhere just who is in charge has demanded that the Hammonds serve the full five years, and the father and son left for prison last week.
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It doesn’t matter. You can not be tried twice for the same crime
They are not wrong! Admitting to have hack government computers will more than likely get them 10 years.
Yeah, incriminating evidence like, x number of tourists in the park, x number of donations, rancher killed a turkey thinking it was a wolf…
You’re right!
What is new, most from both sides are steaig from the poor and giving to the rich?
The federal government is allowed to own only the 10 acres around f he capitol any other land used by them belongs to the state and can be taken back at will by the state
I bet they did. The BLM has been at this c**p for years. This is nothing new- how do you think they have acquired so much land. I wish the news would honestly cover this fair and square. It would make a great movie too.
I believe the ranchers over the government anytime.
Another thing, regarding the Hammond’s, they are good men – this outrage is double jealousy at its worst. The elder man may have been handed a death sentence – these people labeled as terrorist, absurd and a total miscarriage of justice. They have paid $200,00 on a 400,000 fine- talk about robbing a man. Then they leave the women and kids to run the ranch in the winter and those ladies are small women. The BLM is out to destroy this family and have their land. I am so ashamed that this is happening in our country.
Guess thats why the FBI is headed in … ???