I am not up to speed on the Hammond situation, but I wonder why they have to go to jail - again - for the same thing.
Isnt that double jeopardy? Hasnt the length of time expired? Isnt the judge compromised or something?
Only looking for a quick response, not a full explanation.
The original sentencing judge was appalled that the Hammonds were charged and convicted under Terrorism laws when what they did was nothing of the kind. The mandatory minimum sentence under those laws was 5 years and the judge used his discretion to issue much lighter sentences.
Then, a real liberal moonbat of a DA (search ‘Amanda Marshall’) filed to appeal the judge’s discretionary light sentences after the Hammonds had served in prison (3 months for the father and 1 year for the son) claiming the judge had no authority to issue lighter sentences than 5 years. So back to prison they have gone.
The Bundy’s and a lot of other ranchers who were fed up showed up at a vacant nature preserve building out in the middle of nowhere in Oregon, a building that had been closed down for the season. They entered the grounds to set up a protest, a place where they could draw attention to the plight of ranchers and the horrible injustice meted out to the Hammonds and to other ranchers over the years.
It’s a gross miscarriage of justice and the ranchers have been maligned in the scumbag press as ‘domestic terrorists’.
So this was a perfect opening for Donald Trump to shine the light on this horror. First, he said the law must be followed. Then, he sent one of his campaign officials out to Oregon to collect facts, then he comes out with a new political issue that once again the establishment is afraid to tackle. And thus, he dominates the news cycle.