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2 Idaho men to stay free after time served in Bundy standoff #167763
08/14/2018 10:35 AM
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2 Idaho men to stay free after time served in Bundy standoff

Fri., Aug. 10, 2018,
Associated Press

LAS VEGAS – Two men from Idaho have been sentenced to no more time behind bars for pointing assault-style weapons toward heavily armed federal agents during an April 2014 standoff near Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy’s ranch.

Scott Drexler and Eric Parker were sentenced Thursday in Las Vegas after pleading guilty last October to misdemeanor obstruction. They avoided a third trial with the chance of more time in federal custody.

During two trials, each was acquitted of some felony charges, but juries deadlocked on other counts.

Parker, of Hailey, Idaho, still has one year under federal supervision.

Drexler, of Challis, Idaho, remains free without probation or supervision.

Each spent about 18 months in federal custody and stood trial on 10 felony counts that could have gotten him decades in prison.


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Re: 2 Idaho men to stay free after time served in Bundy standoff [Re: ConSigCor] #167766
08/14/2018 12:30 PM
08/14/2018 12:30 PM
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I'm not wild about the obstruction conviction, but at least they avoided more prison time. (this is an all-too-common prosecution trick, coax a guilty plea out of the defendant by threatening more charges if they take it to trial.)

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