[wagglebee]

Animal enterprise terrorism carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The activists also face charges of conspiracy and interstate stalking, which carry $250,000 fines each.

I hope they get the maximum.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

I hate to tell you all this but i hope this company goes under! The reality is that Huntingdon is a money making machine that has a real history of very questionable 'testing"..unreliable, unnecessary and abusive to animals. Many other groups, including research scientists, have spoken out against this enterprise.

Moreover, while I do not advocate violent protests against animal research there are some good reasons to question MOST of it. Much of the research is not translatable to humans and the real tragedy is that we humans do not get accurate, effective testing results. Most scientists will now say that the newer type of non-animal testing is much more productive.

[Wolfhound777]

Me too and they need to go after these ELF terrorists also.

[Wolfhound777]

Andrew Erba, an attorney for the group, told the court that the defendants were entitled to express their views however unpopular they might be. "In America, dissenting views can be heard," he said. "This is a referendum on the rights of a political movement to talk about these things in the open."

I don't think they are on trial for their opposing views Mr. Erba. I think it's the harrassment, overturned cars, and threats to employees and their families. Lock em up!

[SmithL]

I'd like for then to be sentenced to be Huntington Test DUmmies.

[ProudVet77]

There are a lot of other statutes they could hang these people on. To use a "terrorism" law is not needed, and lends credibility to the ACLU when they fight the laws meant for terrorism.
I worry that over the years we water down the really important laws and use these generic laws to take people out. This is the same kind of thinking that lead to "hate crimes" which is an insult to the judicial system.

[Realism]

a law that says aggressive activists who disrupt a company can be charged as terrorists

Thanks to the Patriot Act soon striking unions will be considered terrorist organizations. No longer is an act such as vandalism, trespassing or harassment to be considered misdemeanors, now they are acts of terrorism. Not that I feel sorry for these people, but I'm beginning to see the writing on the wall about how easy it is to become an enemy of the state.

[joesnuffy]

Pssst guys...try looking in the mosques....

[joebuck]

"In America, dissenting views can be heard," he said. "This is a referendum on the rights of a political movement to talk about these things in the open."

How ironic that so many on the left agree with this defense for the animal activists but have no problem with a person going to jail for 30 years for praying on the sidewalk outside an abortion clinic.

[ManMountain]

"NAVS". Is a PETA/ALF front group/web site.

The trolls need to get a grip... PETA SHAC and the ALF value little bunnies the same as normal people value children. They are against testing on fruit flies for cripes sake.

It is a sick obsession.

When they contract prostate cancer or something similar, lets see how many of their guiding principles the "Spare the little test bunnies" crowd adhere to... Will they refuse the chemo and pain drugs that have been developed and tested using animals ?

Get a life trolls!