Eric McDavid, who went on the road to learn what was beyond his middle class, suburban Sacramento upbringing and returned a prisoner, was sentenced Thursday to 19 years and seven months in prison.
At the conclusion of a lengthy hearing before a crowded courtroom, U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. found McDavid's plan to "disrupt government and commercial installations" overrides his lack of a criminal history and a reputation among family and friends as "a peaceful individual."
England denied defense lawyer Mark Reichel's request for bail pending appeal. Reichel had earlier told the judge, "Mr. McDavid and I plan to pursue his appeal vigorously."
In an extremely unusual move, deputy U.S. marshals allowed McDavid's traumatized and tearful mother, father and two sisters to hug him before he was taken away.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Missouri: Police taser man to death
A former girlfriend of an Alton man who died this week after being shocked by a police Taser in Missouri said she is determined to raise their daughter knowing about her father.
She also said Thursday that she will fight for justice in the death of James S. Wilson, 22, of Brown Street, in behalf of their toddler daughter and also so other families won't have to endure the same painful loss.
"He will pay for what he did," Keosha DeBruce, 23, of Alton, said about the St. Charles County (Mo.) sheriff's deputy who used the Taser to shock Wilson. "He took a life that meant something to somebody. He took a life that meant something. The St. Charles (County) cop took something away from me and my daughter. I want justice. I will get justice for James; it's what James would have wanted."
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She also said Thursday that she will fight for justice in the death of James S. Wilson, 22, of Brown Street, in behalf of their toddler daughter and also so other families won't have to endure the same painful loss.
"He will pay for what he did," Keosha DeBruce, 23, of Alton, said about the St. Charles County (Mo.) sheriff's deputy who used the Taser to shock Wilson. "He took a life that meant something to somebody. He took a life that meant something. The St. Charles (County) cop took something away from me and my daughter. I want justice. I will get justice for James; it's what James would have wanted."
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Michigan: Prisoners tried for prison riot
Two inmates have been acquitted of the most serious charges against them after a disturbance at an Upper Peninsula prison camp two years ago.
Jerry Johnson and James Woods were found not guilty Tuesday of assault with intent to murder a corrections officer and assault with a dangerous weapon.
But they were convicted of assaulting corrections officer Albert Basso, who was stabbed, and assisting a riot at Camp Ojibway in Marenisco.
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Jerry Johnson and James Woods were found not guilty Tuesday of assault with intent to murder a corrections officer and assault with a dangerous weapon.
But they were convicted of assaulting corrections officer Albert Basso, who was stabbed, and assisting a riot at Camp Ojibway in Marenisco.
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Eric McDavid's Sentencing is today, prosecution seeking 20 years!
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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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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Philadelphia: Police under scrutiny after beating of suspects
A police sergeant and five officers were pulled from street duty Wednesday as city officials investigated television footage showing officers kicking and punching three suspects.
More than a dozen officers were involved, but Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said investigators were having the videotape enhanced to help determine how many were actually striking the suspects.
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More than a dozen officers were involved, but Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said investigators were having the videotape enhanced to help determine how many were actually striking the suspects.
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216 arrested at protests against Sean Bell murder
Two hundred sixteen people were arrested during pray-ins protesting the acquittals of three police detectives in the shooting of Sean Bell. The NY Times called the demonstrations "carefully orchestrated," as hundreds of (perhaps a thousand) people gathered at six different locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, blocking traffic and attracting arrest.
The Reverend Al Sharpton, Bell's fiancee Nicole Paultre Bell, and Bell's two friends who were with him the night he was fatally shot, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, were all arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge protest. The Daily News reported a police lieutenant yelling to Sharpton and others, when they were attempting to march across the bridge, "you are unlawfully obstructing vehicular traffic...I order you to leave the roadway now."
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The Reverend Al Sharpton, Bell's fiancee Nicole Paultre Bell, and Bell's two friends who were with him the night he was fatally shot, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, were all arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge protest. The Daily News reported a police lieutenant yelling to Sharpton and others, when they were attempting to march across the bridge, "you are unlawfully obstructing vehicular traffic...I order you to leave the roadway now."
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