Oregon Standoff: Feds Want Nearly 42 Month Sentence For Ryan Payne Next Week

Nextrush Free ^ | 2/22/2018 | Nextrush/Self

[Nextrush]

Ryan Payne had the charges in Nevada dismissed in connection with the Bunkerville Standoff because of the willfull withholding of evidence by federal prosecutors.

But Payne was convicted in the second Oregon Standoff trial last year, a trial rigged to ensure conviction of defendants through the limitation of defense evidence by the judge plus the tacking on of misdemeanor charges by prosecutors. While a jury considered felony charges the misdemeanors were decided by US District Judge Anna J. Brown.

Ahead of next Tuesday's sentencing in Portland, federal prosecutors are seeking a nearly 3 and a half year (42 month) sentence for Payne. They cite his organizing role and his involvement with "militia".

But the federal public defender in Oregon, Lisa Hay, says that Payne should only get a two year sentence. That kind of sentence would be in line with what others have gotten after being convicted in the rigged second trial.

Payne was arrested January 26, 2016 and has been in jail most of the time since, only out on pre-trial release for about two months in connection with the Bunkerville Standoff case.

Hay has introduced the opinion of a pyschologist saying that Payne suffers from PTSD after two combat tours in Iraq and is receptive to treatment.

Payne's actions in connection with the protest were aimed at saving lives the defense argues.

Sentencing is set next Tuesday February 27th in Portland.

Link to "Oregon Live" story below.

[ptsal]

Where is the review of this judge and the management of the case.

Something stinks.

[Paladin2]

I want the FEDS in jail for persecuting rural peeps instead of violent, anachist BLM types.

[Swirl]

“I want the FEDS in jail for persecuting rural peeps instead of violent, anachist BLM types.”

That applies to both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Blk Lives Matter (BLM).