ForeverYoung writes:
Just release the brothers from prison. Isn't that what this thing is all about?
The father and son (Dwight and Steven Hammond) have stated flatly that these individuals do not represent them, nor did they refuse to reenter prison and finish their sentences.
According to the Hammonds, "
W. Alan Schroeder writes:
Neither Ammon Bundy nor anyone within his group/organization speak for the Hammond family," the Hammonds' attorney W. Alan Schroeder wrote to Harney County Sheriff David Ward.
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Currently, the Hammonds' goal is to quietly serve their sentences while attempting to get a presidential pardon since they had served time which was found to be below the mandatory minimum sentence for arson. According to another article:
OPB staff writes:
Kendra M. Matthews, a lawyer for the Hammonds, said Monday that the father and son will ask President Barack Obama to pardon them. They were convicted of arson for setting fires on federal land in 2001 and 2006 and served some prison time.
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