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Woman Gets 22 Years For '99 Mich. Campus Arson
AP/CBS ^ | Feb. 5, 2009

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arson; earthliberationfront; elf; mariemason
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1 posted on 02/08/2009 11:14:34 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Good riddance to bad rubbish.


2 posted on 02/08/2009 11:18:53 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: lowbridge

Excellent! She’ll almost be 70 by the time she gets out if she isn’t allowed to leave early on parole.


3 posted on 02/08/2009 11:19:49 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (If the feds can't competently handle the DTV transition, why should we trust them with health care?)
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To: lowbridge
In her plea agreement, she also admitted causing another $3 million in damage through other acts from 1999 to 2003, including destroying homes under construction in the Detroit area and Indiana and setting fire to two boats owned by a man who formerly raised minks.

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.

4 posted on 02/08/2009 11:21:01 AM PST by Drew68
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To: Paleo Conservative

Right on! A sentence that actually feels about right. A new and interesting sensation, but I like it!


5 posted on 02/08/2009 11:21:22 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: lowbridge

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 ...


6 posted on 02/08/2009 11:22:30 AM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: lowbridge

I think Obambi ought to pardon her and then appoint her to his cabinet.


7 posted on 02/08/2009 11:30:45 AM PST by Robwin
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To: lowbridge

Why doesn’t Obama pardon her after all it was a long time ago right? Former terrorist come on Obama.


8 posted on 02/08/2009 11:33:44 AM PST by exist
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Marie Mason decided to “elevate her grievances beyond the norms of civilized society”...

Not a good idea.


9 posted on 02/08/2009 11:37:18 AM PST by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: KC_Conspirator

Yes, I agree. I am happy to see these terrorists get long sentences and the terrorist community get a warning they will long remember.


10 posted on 02/08/2009 11:47:15 AM PST by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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To: KC_Conspirator

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.


11 posted on 02/08/2009 11:49:12 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: lowbridge

Maybe she can be William Ayres cellmate. Oh wait! William Ayres isn’t in jail.


12 posted on 02/08/2009 11:55:26 AM PST by reg45 (Be calm everyone. The idiot child is in charge!)
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To: lowbridge

“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?


13 posted on 02/08/2009 12:03:36 PM PST by TalBlack
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To: KC_Conspirator

She’ll be out in four, just like Kathleen Soliah.
Liberal judges won’t keep liberal inmates for long.


14 posted on 02/08/2009 12:05:52 PM PST by Fireone (The boy who would be President is a village idiot.)
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To: Robwin

Possible on the pardon. Doubtful on the cabinet. No evidence in the article she cheated on her taxes.


15 posted on 02/08/2009 12:28:00 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Fireone
She’ll be out in four, just like Kathleen Soliah.

Could be mistaken, but I believe Soliah is still in the joint.

16 posted on 02/08/2009 12:31:24 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: Robwin

Did she pay her taxes?


17 posted on 02/08/2009 12:35:07 PM PST by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
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To: lowbridge

Yesssss!


18 posted on 02/08/2009 12:35:58 PM PST by youngidiot
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To: lowbridge

Guilty!


19 posted on 02/08/2009 12:49:21 PM PST by csvset
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To: KC_Conspirator

How much do you want to bet DU is already campaigning for her release.


20 posted on 02/08/2009 12:50:13 PM PST by Callahan
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