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Trump pardons ranchers in case that inspired 2016 Oregon militia occupation
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 10, 2018 10:30am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, July 10, 2018 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Donald Trump is pardoning two cattle ranchers convicted of arson in a case that case sparked the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.
Dwight and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of intentionally and maliciously setting fires on public lands. The arson crime carried a minimum prison sentence of five years, but a sympathetic federal judge, on his last day before retirement, decided the penalty was too stiff and gave the father and son much lighter prison terms.
Prosecutors won an appeal and the Hammonds were re-sentenced to serve the mandatory minimum. In a statement released on Tuesday, the White House called the five year prison sentence "unjust." |
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