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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Sep. 16, 2010

New Trial for Alleged Eco-Terrorist

An Oakland woman got an unfair federal trial on charges stemming from a 2001 Earth Liberation Front firebombing at a Seattle university, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Wednesday in reversing the woman's conviction.

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

An Oakland woman got an unfair federal trial on charges stemming from a 2001 Earth Liberation Front firebombing at a Seattle university, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Wednesday in reversing the woman's conviction and six-year prison sentence.

U.S. District Judge Franklin D. Burgess of Tacoma, Wash., who died earlier this year, mishandled evidence at Briana Waters...

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