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Environmentalist Sentenced to Six Years in Jail

HeadlineJun 20, 2008

A judge in Washington state has sentenced a thirty-two-year-old violin teacher and environmental activist to six years in prison for her role in an arson at the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture. Briana Waters was also ordered to pay $6 million in restitution. Federal prosecutors accused her of being a terrorist and had sought a ten-year sentence.

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