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The Canadian woman who confessed having taken part in ecoterrorism firebombings, 40-years-old Rebecca Rubin, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Rubin plead guilty to conspiracy and arson charges in October and her sentence was the least allowed for her crimes under federal sentencing guidelines.
In a federal court ruling declared in Portland, Oregon, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken mentioned on Monday that Rubin has expressed remorse and lived in “an emotional prison cell” during seven years as a fugitive in Canada, from December 2005 to November 2012. Aiken alleged having had understood Rubin’s desire to see a change in how animals and the environment are treated, although it was highlighted that Rubin’s actions did cause serious damage. Aiken stated that “that kind of damage is not how democracy works or how true change is accomplished.” Rubin was driven by her mother from Vancouver, British Columbia, to the U.S. border at Blaine, Washington, where a surrender deal had been negotiated with the FBI for her role with the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front.
Investigators believes that the groups responsible for more than 20 fires across the West from 1996 to 2001, which are accumulatively believed to have cost $40 million in damage, including a ski resort in Colorado, wild horse corrals in Oregon and Northern California, and lumber mills and Forest Service offices in Oregon. However, none of these incidents resulted in any injuries and nor did anyone die in either of these crimes.
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