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31. anti govt militia member sentenced

Southern Poverty Law center list over 1,000 active hate groups in the U.S..

I remember being leery in the past, of the southern poverty law center. But that's beside today's point, that being one of them thar anti govt militia members, is in a long time at Hotel Graybar.

jan 2013 Reuters ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The leader of an anti-government militia in Alaska who proclaimed that "God's law" trumps "man's law" was sentenced to nearly 26 years in prison for a plot to kill govt employees he portrayed as his enemies.

Schaeffer Cox, the 28-year-old leader of the Alaska Peacekeepers Militia and a onetime candidate for the Alaska House of Representatives, apologized through tears for his actions. "Well, I put myself here, with my own words, and I feel horrible about that, and I hurt my family, and that's who's really paying, and I feel horrible about that," he said at a hearing in federal court in Anchorage. "I put a lot of people in fear by the things I said and the crazy stuff that was coming out of my mouth,"

Cox was convicted last summer of conspiring to murder federal and state govt officials, including judges and law enforcement agents, soliciting others to commit murder and related weapons charges. Evidence included a cache of illegal weapons, detailed lists of potential targets, testimony of government informants and tape recordings of speeches and meetings, some made secretly.

Election, economy spark growth of militias ... During the trial, Cox spent two days on the witness stand, at times confidently telling the jury his philosophy and likening himself to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. He testified that he sincerely believed govt agents were planning to kill him and that he was justified in taking steps to defend his family against the police.

'Master manipulator' But at sentencing, Cox disavowed many of those stances. He and his attorney cited a post-trial psychological evaluation that concluded Cox was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, delusions and a paranoid personality disorder.
"I want to note that he has never been so ill as to not be able to have followers and convince people to follow him," The 310-month sentence falls well short of the life term Cox could have received.

Cox's sentence was the same as that imposed on one of his followers, Fairbanks-area resident, who was convicted of murder conspiracy and weapons charges. 66-year-old wife got 12 years for her role in the plot. A fourth defendant, 38, was sentenced in September to five years in prison for weapons charges.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/09/16426977-alaska-militia-leader-schaeffer-cox-sentenced-to-26-years-in-prison?lite