DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday acquitted seven members of a U.S. Midwestern militia group of all major sedition and conspiracy charges against them, two years after the FBI began arresting them following a long undercover surveillance operation. The seven, members of a group known as the Hutaree, were accused of plotting to kill law enforcement officers as a way to incite a wider rebellion against the U.S. government. Defense attorneys had argued their actions were protected by their First Amendment free speech rights. In her ruling on Tuesday, U.S. ...
Judge acquits militia members of sedition, conspiracy
27.03.2012 21:21 
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