How much prison time are the tax evaders from ruby ridge facing in the plot to kill feds?
Tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted Thursday of amassing weapons, explosives and booby traps and plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff in 2007 at their fort-like home in rural New Hampshire. The couple, who do not recognize the federal government’s authority to tax its citizens, held hands and looked straight ahead as the verdict was read. They refused to stand when the jury and judge left the courtroom. The jury convicted them of stockpiling weapons at their Plainfield home to commit violent crimes and conspiring to use deadly force to prevent their arrest on tax evasion convictions from January 2007. Combined, the maximum penalty for Brown, 66, and his wife, 68, are two life sentences.
A couple were convicted Thursday on all counts of plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at their fort-like rural home, where they had holed up to avoid arrest on tax evasion. Ed and Elaine Brown, both in their 60s, face a mandatory minimum 30-year prison sentence on one charge alone. The Browns holed up in their hilltop home in New Hampshire in early 2007 to avoid arrest after being convicted of tax evasion. They amassed an arsenal of high-powered weapons and explosives, including booby-traps in woods surrounding the home.
Tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted Thursday of amassing weapons, explosives and booby traps and plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff in 2007 at their fort-like home in rural New Hampshire. The couple, who do not recognize the federal government’s authority to tax its citizens, held hands and looked straight ahead as the verdict was read. They refused to stand when the jury and judge left the courtroom. The jury convicted them of stockpiling weapons at their Plainfield home to commit violent crimes and conspiring to use deadly force to prevent their arrest on tax evasion convictions from January 2007. Combined, the maximum penalty for Brown, 66, and his wife, 68, are two life sentences. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31836804/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ Sources: http://w
A couple were convicted Thursday on all counts of plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at their fort-like rural home, where they had holed up to avoid arrest on tax evasion. Ed and Elaine Brown, both in their 60s, face a mandatory minimum 30-year prison sentence on one charge alone. The Browns holed up in their hilltop home in New Hampshire in early 2007 to avoid arrest after being convicted of tax evasion. They amassed an arsenal of high-powered weapons and explosives, including booby-traps in woods surrounding the home. Sources: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/09/national/main5147275.
