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Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher to be Sentenced for Disrupting Auction; Faces 10 Years in Prison

HeadlineJul 26, 2011

The environmental activist Tim DeChristopher will be sentenced today by a judge in Salt Lake City. He was convicted earlier this year of two felony counts for disrupting the auction of more than 100,000 acres of federal land for oil and gas drilling. A student at the time, DeChristopher posed as a bidder and won drilling lease rights 22,000 acres of land in an attempt to save the property from oil and gas extraction. He could face up to 10 years in prison and a $750,000 fine.

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