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New York Activist Faces Life in Prison; Feds Accuse Him of Eco-Terrorism
Daniel McGowan was one of six environmental activists arrested last week in a series of coordinated raids across four states. He is accused of setting a pair of arsons in Oregon in 2001 and is being held without bail.
Bail has been denied to all six environmental activists arrested last week in a series of coordinated raids in New York, Virginia, Arizona and Oregon.
The activists have been accused of setting a series of arsons in the Pacific Northwest between 1998 and 2001.
Daniel McGowan of New York and Stanislas Meyerhoff of Virginia are facing up to life in prison. They are accused of setting fires in 2001 at a lumber company and an experimental tree farm in Oregon. No one was injured in the blazes.
They are facing the most serious charges ever filed against environmental activists for allegedly taking part in such a direct action.
The four others arrested face between 20 and 25 years in prison for allegedly setting other fires. They are Chelsea Gerlach of Portland, Oregon. Kevin Tubbs of Oregon, Bill Rodgers of Prescott Arizona and Sarah Harvey of Flagstaff Arizona.
Earlier this year a top FBI official called groups such as the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front the nation's top domestic terrorism threat.
The FBI however has been accused of overzealously prosecuting alleged members of the movement. Last month the FBI agreed to pay an environmental activist named Josh Cannole $100,000 for mistakenly jailing him as a suspect in a string of arsons and vandalism at SUV dealerships in California.
* Martin Stolar, president of the New York chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. He is representing Daniel McGowan.
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The activists have been accused of setting a series of arsons in the Pacific Northwest between 1998 and 2001.
Daniel McGowan of New York and Stanislas Meyerhoff of Virginia are facing up to life in prison. They are accused of setting fires in 2001 at a lumber company and an experimental tree farm in Oregon. No one was injured in the blazes.
They are facing the most serious charges ever filed against environmental activists for allegedly taking part in such a direct action.
The four others arrested face between 20 and 25 years in prison for allegedly setting other fires. They are Chelsea Gerlach of Portland, Oregon. Kevin Tubbs of Oregon, Bill Rodgers of Prescott Arizona and Sarah Harvey of Flagstaff Arizona.
Earlier this year a top FBI official called groups such as the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front the nation's top domestic terrorism threat.
The FBI however has been accused of overzealously prosecuting alleged members of the movement. Last month the FBI agreed to pay an environmental activist named Josh Cannole $100,000 for mistakenly jailing him as a suspect in a string of arsons and vandalism at SUV dealerships in California.
* Martin Stolar, president of the New York chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. He is representing Daniel McGowan.
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/15/155230
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