Lynne Meredith, who sold books and gave seminars on tax avoidance, is sentenced for conspiring to defraud the IRS. By David Rosenzweig, Times Staff Writer Lynne Meredith, a flamboyant tax protester whose bestselling books and seminars promoted the notion that paying taxes was voluntary, was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Monday for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and failing to file personal income tax returns. Four associates who helped Meredith operate her Southern California-based We the People organization received sentences ranging from 20 months to five years in prison. "Your honor, I'm not a...