Mother cries out in court after youngest N.C. defendant in Jan. 6 riot gets 3 1/2 years

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48. As is often the case, its better to check to see if one's memory is correct before posting

The case you cite involved William Cottrell. He was a 23 year old college graduate ("youngster"?) who was arrested in March 2004 in connection with arson attacks that destroyed or seriously damaged over 100 vehicles as part of an environmental protest. He was charged with seven counts of arson, conspiracy to commit arson, and one count of using a destructive device during a crime of violence. The latter charge was subsequently dropped. In April 2005, he was found guilty and sentenced to serve 100 months on the arson charges and 100 months, to be served concurrently, on the conspiracy charge...in other words, his sentence was for 8 years, four months (not "25 years&quot . He appealed his convictions and in September 2009 the 9th Circuit vacated the arson conviction and sentence, but affirmed the conspiracy sentence and remanded the case to the District Court to decide Cottrell's sentence. Although DOJ labelled Cottrell and the Earth Liberation Front with which he was affiliated as "eco-terrorists", DOJ decided not to retry Cottrell for the arson charges, the District Court decided, in November 2009, that Cottrell should serve the rest of the original 100 month sentence for the conspiracy charge. If he had served the entire sentence, he would have been released in September 2012. However, pursuant to early release guidelines, he was let out of prison in August 2011, after serving (from time of arrest ), around 7.5 years.

In short, longer sentence the Jan 6. insurrectionist, but nowhere near "25 years".