[geeks] 4th Amendment Gone

[Joshua Boyd]

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 03:08:10PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> 5.  After about a week, Weaver is allowed to surrender.  If memory
> serves, he is tried and found guilty of a technical weapons violation
> that carries something like a $200 fine.  Lon Horiuchi, the sniper who
> shot Weaver's wife in the head, receives a commendation.  The Idaho
> state attorney-general subsequently files murder charges against
> Horiuchi.  (I don't recall what came of that.)

On a side note here, my understanding is that an Idaho jury found that
Mr. Weaver had been entrapped and was innocent.

It is also worth noting that the FBI pleaded guilty to destruction of
evidence.