Posted on 02/08/2009 11:14:33 AM PST by lowbridge
A radical activist who helped set a $1 million fire to protest research on genetically modified crops was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison _ even more than the prosecution recommended.
Marie Mason decided to "elevate her grievances beyond the norms of civilized society" through fire and destruction, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney said. The case _ which was prosecuted as domestic terrorism _ was "about an abandonment of the marketplace of ideas," he added.
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At MSU, Mason and Ambrose targeted a campus office that held records on research related to moth-resistant potatoes for poor parts of Africa. Computers, file cabinets and desks were doused with a flammable liquid. Vapors contributed to an explosion, and the fire got out of control.
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Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Excellent! She’ll almost be 70 by the time she gets out if she isn’t allowed to leave early on parole.
Wow. Twenty-two years on a plea agreement. That's gotta send a message. I think most of these ELF folks expect wrist-slaps with a little but of token jail time for their destructive acts. Not in this case.
Right on! A sentence that actually feels about right. A new and interesting sensation, but I like it!
I wish they can find the urban terrorists that set fire to equipment and new construction here in Washington. They’ve burned this big condo site and a model street of houses that were built Green ...
I think Obambi ought to pardon her and then appoint her to his cabinet.
Why doesn’t Obama pardon her after all it was a long time ago right? Former terrorist come on Obama.
Marie Mason decided to “elevate her grievances beyond the norms of civilized society”...
Not a good idea.
Yes, I agree. I am happy to see these terrorists get long sentences and the terrorist community get a warning they will long remember.
anybody see a picture of this freak??? I looked it up, and she is guilty as original sin. Lock this nut case up and throw away the key.
Maybe she can be William Ayres cellmate. Oh wait! William Ayres isn’t in jail.
“elevate her grievances beyond the norms of civilized society”...
So now the courts don’t like people acting outside the “norms” of “civilized” society?
Seems to me that for all of my adult life the courts defined ‘civilized’ as the condition of “understanding” the ‘root causes’ of such behaviour and ‘rehabilitating’ these victims of society’s shortcomings.
Hmmmm...I wonder if the court has it’s nose in the air and is suddenly sensing a lot of angry dissatisfaction with an out of control elite?
She’ll be out in four, just like Kathleen Soliah.
Liberal judges won’t keep liberal inmates for long.
Possible on the pardon. Doubtful on the cabinet. No evidence in the article she cheated on her taxes.
Could be mistaken, but I believe Soliah is still in the joint.
Did she pay her taxes?
Yesssss!
How much do you want to bet DU is already campaigning for her release.
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