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  • Judge rejects plea deal in mink release case (ALF-UT)

    11/12/2009 7:05:26 PM PST · by jazusamo · 33 replies · 1,331+ views
    The Salt Lake Tribune ^ | November 12, 2009 | Pamela Manson
    U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on Thursday rejected a plea bargain that called for a Layton man to serve six months in prison for releasing hundreds of mink last year in support of animal rights. Instead, Benson said he plans to sentence William James Viehl to at least two years behind bars and could go even higher. The law allows a maximum of five years imprisonment. The judge said he generally deals leniently with offenders who have no criminal record. But he said Viehl's actions -- letting more than 600 mink out of their pens at the McMullin Fur Farm...