Mungoman
Mostly harmless...
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2010
- Messages
- 3,249
- Location
- In the Bush (Peak Hill, NSW)
So these fellas agist their cattle on federal land for a pittance, don't do any pasture improvement other than firestick agriculture, go hunting out of season and once again, on Federal land, set fire to any evidence that they were there...And their fellow countrymen rush in to defend them about serving the appropriate sentence, with long rifles, handguns and threats.
"Jurors were told that Steven Hammond handed out “Strike Anywhere” matches with instructions that they be lit and dropped on the ground because they were going to “light up the whole country on fire.” One witness testified that he barely escaped the eight to ten foot high flames caused by the arson. "
http://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/e...convicted-arson-resentenced-five-years-prison
"Jurors were told that Steven Hammond handed out “Strike Anywhere” matches with instructions that they be lit and dropped on the ground because they were going to “light up the whole country on fire.” One witness testified that he barely escaped the eight to ten foot high flames caused by the arson. "
http://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/e...convicted-arson-resentenced-five-years-prison