[geeks] 4th Amendment Gone

[Phil Stracchino]

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 03:49:43PM -0500, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> 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.

Indeed.

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

Your tax dollars at work.


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