Eric McDavid, the Foresthill man portrayed as an eco-terrorist by the government and "a kind and gentle soul" by his lawyer and family, is due to be sentenced Thursday in Sacramento federal court.
McDavid, 30, was found guilty by a jury in September of conspiring with two others to damage and destroy by fire and an explosive a U.S. Forest Service genetics laboratory in Placerville, the Nimbus Dam and neighboring fish hatchery in Rancho Cordova, and private facilities used in interstate commerce.
Prosecutors are seeking the maximum 20-year sentence while defense attorney Mark Reichel is asking U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. for a five-year sentence.
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