Judge blasts Ford, Battle as 'first-class traitors' Songs, tears mark dramatic sentencing of two Portland 7 members Defendants say laws of Islam supersede the laws of the U.S. A dramatic sentencing hearing -- in which one defendant broke down into tears and the other burst into song -- ended Monday morning with U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones denouncing Patrice Lumumba Ford and Jeffrey Leon Battle as "first-class traitors to this country." Ford and Battle, each sentenced to 18 years in prison, were the first defendants among the so-called "Portland Seven" to be sentenced for their now-admitted conspiracy to support...