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In an alarming case, U.S. attorneys exploited post-9/11 counterterrorism policies to pursue and prosecute an environmental activist.
  • re: The next time an abortion clinic arsonist gets extra sentencing for inconveniencing the people whose appointments had to be canceled, you let me know.

    "It took firefighters two hours to put out the flames. By that time the office where the fire had started had burned down to the studs, and the central hall and several botany labs were damaged. Damages were estimated at $2.5 million."

    I like your definition of inconvenience - to me burning down a research lab is FAR from inconvenient...

    except maybe to the criminal who's gonna rot behind bars...